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Rhineland|ˈraɪnlænd|
Also 7 Rhyn(e-, 8–9 Rhinland.
[= Du. Rijnland, G. Rheinland.]
The country around the river Rhine: used as a spec. designation in Rhineland foot, etc. (see quots.). Hence † Rhinelandish a., in same sense.
1675Phil. Trans. X. 269 The Rhynland (or Leyden) Foot. 1688Holme Armoury iii. xvi. (Roxb.) 98/1 A Rhyneland foot, is the measure by which all fortifications are made by. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Rhine-Land Rod, a Measure of two Fathom, or twelve Foot; us'd in Fortification by Dutch Engineers. 1712Desaguliers tr. Ozanam's Curs. Math. V. 105, 295566 Rods, or Verges of the Rhine, each of 12 Rheinlandish Feet. 1832[see Rhenish a. 1 c]. |