Sentence:  from the forest, there lay before him, over an enormous extent of space, an even, velvety cover of green, without a single <WSD>bald spot</WSD> or washout, only here and there, in the swales, spotted with remnants of melting snow. He was not angered by the sight of a peasant horse and yearling colt, which were trampling his sprouting fields (he ordered a peasant whom he met to drive them off), [...] 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An area where a covering layer is absent; for example, a place where there is a break in the forest covering an area, or where snow has melted.