† bylandn.

Forms: Also biland.

Etymology: See quot. 1577: by- seems to have been taken by Harrison in the sense of ‘off at the side’.

Obsolete.

A peninsula.

ΘΠ

the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > [noun] > peninsula

peninsulaa1552

byland1577

demi-island1600

half-island1600

chersonese1601

demi-isle1609

penisle1611

near-isle1625

1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. i. viii. f. 12/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The H[o]w, whiche is not an Ilande..but (if I may giue such peeces a new name) a bylande, bycause we may passe thyther from the maine ȝde, by an Isthmus.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 22 The Biland Taurica Chersonessus.

c1630 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1714) II. 302 [The river] Tamer..leaveth Cornwall, as it were a Peninsula, or By-land.

1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie iii. sig. Qqq4 This biland, or Demy-Iland.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	byland
释义	† bylandn. Forms: Also biland. Etymology: See quot. 1577: by- seems to have been taken by Harrison in the sense of ‘off at the side’. Obsolete. A peninsula. ΘΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > [noun] > peninsula peninsulaa1552 byland1577 demi-island1600 half-island1600 chersonese1601 demi-isle1609 penisle1611 near-isle1625 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. i. viii. f. 12/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The H[o]w, whiche is not an Ilande..but (if I may giue such peeces a new name) a bylande, bycause we may passe thyther from the maine ȝde, by an Isthmus. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 22 The Biland Taurica Chersonessus. c1630 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1714) II. 302 [The river] Tamer..leaveth Cornwall, as it were a Peninsula, or By-land. 1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie iii. sig. Qqq4 This biland, or Demy-Iland. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1577
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