[1645–55, Amer.; timber + -land]This word is first recorded in the period 1645–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bulletin, complex, cruise, elastic, revival-land is a combining form, used in the formation of compound words indicating a land ofa certain type. Other words that use the affix -land include: dairyland, playland, radioland, shadowland, wasteland