layland

See also: Layland

English

Etymology

lay (“meadow”) +‎ land

Noun

layland

(obsolete) Land lying untilled; fallow ground.
- 1630, John Stanbridge, Stambrigi Embryon Relimatvm:
  places where rubbiſh lies, layland or ground, new broke up

References

“layland”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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