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bareland en · ADJ

Etymology

From bare + land.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of a croft: not including a house.
   • In some crofting areas it is practice to pay a considerable sum for the assignation of a bareland croft, or a croft with an unfit house, in order to qualify for grant. 1969, The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, volume 14, page 91:

bareland en · NOUN

Etymology

From bare + land.

Meanings

1. (countable, qualifier:uncommon outside the sciences; also found capitalized as the name of various specific places; uncommon outside the sciences; also found capitalized as the name of various specific places, uncountable) Uncultivated land without trees.
   • The 'barelands' as the name suggests, was uninhabited, no cultivation, no trees, and consequently nobody […] 2006, John Francis Kinsella, Borneo Pulp, page 279:
   • […] open woodlands and barelands. 2005, Herman H. Shugart, Rik Leemans, Gordon B. Bonan, A Systems Analysis of the Global Boreal Forest, page 215:
   • […] woodland and bareland were the dominant LULC types at the beginning of the study period. 2019, Tesfay Gebretsadkan Gebremicael, Understanding the Impact of Human Interventions on the Hydrology of Nile Basin Headwaters, the Case of Upper Tekeze Catchments, page 1984:

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