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marshland|ˈmɑːʃlænd|
[OE. męrsclǫnd: see marsh n.1 and land n.1]
Land consisting of marsh; marshy country.
c1122O. E. Chron. an. 1098 For neah ælc tilð on mersc lande for ferde. [a1300E. E. Psalter cvi. 34 In saltmersche land fruitberande.] 1426Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 21044 A Maryssh, or elles a mersshe lond, That peryllous was, and ful profounde. 1651N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. ii. xxxiii. (1739) 150 Malicious breakings of the Dikes and Banks in Marshlands. 1700Tyrrell Hist. Eng. II. 803 The Marshland of Norfolk. 1834Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 602 The febrile miasma issuing from marsh lands. 1843‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase I. ix. 58 They had been sufficiently fortunate as to..learn the nature of ‘mash land’. 1901Spectator 17 Aug. 215/2 On the other side of the creek a flat expanse of marshland extends for a mile or two.
b. attrib. or as adj.
1870Morris Earthly Par. III. iv. 220 The marshland haze. 1889J. J. Hissey Tour in Phaeton 182 Rich marshland pasturage. 1893J. A. Owen, etc. Forest Tithes 195 One marshland farm I often visited.
Hence ˈmarshlander, (a) (see quot.); (b) an inhabitant of marshland.
1787W. Marshall Norf. (1795) II. 383 Marshlanders, cattle of the marshland or short-horned breed. 1896W. A. Dutt George Borrow in E. Anglia v. 46 Farther away the marshlanders have seized upon any slight piece of rising ground. |