marshland

English

Etymology

marsh +‎ land

Noun

marshland (countable and uncountable, plural marshlands)

  1. marshy land; bog or fen
    • 1946 May and June, J. G. Holmes, “The North Woolwich Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 173:
      East of Bow Creek, the line ran to North Woolwich along the bank of the Thames, then entirely uninhabited marshland, without roads.

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