layland

See also: Layland

English

Etymology

lay (“meadow”) +‎ land

Noun

layland

1. (obsolete) Land lying untilled; fallow ground.
   • 1630, John Stanbridge, Stambrigi Embryon Relimatvm:

     places where rubbiſh lies, layland or ground, new broke up

References

• “layland”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.