A tract of open ground, either meadow, pasture, or arable land. After Old English chiefly found (exc. where it is the proper name of a particular…

Pasture; pasturage; meadow-land; common. (Cf. cow-lease n., ewe-lease n., horse-lease n.)

Chiefly British. A piece of public or common grassy land situated in or near a town or village, from which it often takes its name; a village green.

A piece of open land available to a community and allowing traditional rights such as grazing animals, collecting wood or turf for fuel, fishing…

An enclosed piece of land, enclosure, close; also, an extensive common pasture; a large common.

an area of land held jointly by all the members of a community; common land; = common, n.1 3a.

The open unenclosed land, as opposed to that partitioned into fields; the moor, fell, or down, unowned, or held in common possession; the common…

With the (with singular or plural agreement). A piece of open land available to a community and allowing traditional rights such as grazing…

The open unenclosed land as distinguished from that partitioned into fields; the moor, fell, or down on the top of a hill; land held in common; a…

Land or property held in common; a common (common, n.1 3a) or piece of common land. Later also spec.: (in South Africa) land owned by a…

Open land available for shared use by a community, allowing traditional rights such as grazing livestock, collecting wood or turf for fuel…

With the. The part of the countryside that is unenclosed or unfenced; land or ground clear of trees, buildings, or any other cover. Also (esp. in…

An unenclosed field; spec. a field of arable land without physical division by hedges, ditches, etc., used in common rather than by one owner…

Germanic History. A tract of land held in common by an early Germanic village community; a (supposed) administrative unit or corporate body in…

In South Africa, the unenclosed country or open pasture-land.

A piece of unenclosed land on which there is a common right of pasture: = common, n.1 3.