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noun
Obsolete form of land.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
An uncultivated plain, especially a sandy track along the seashore in southwestern France.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From Middle English lande, londe (dative form), from Old English lande, dative singular of Old English land (“land”).
Borrowed from French lande, from Middle French lande, from Old French lande (“clearing in a wood, leigh; remote wooded area”). Doublet of lawn and land.
