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mossland en · NOUN

Etymology

From moss + land.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Land abounding in peat bogs.
   • [...] swampy mossland in Cumberland : […] 1947, Norman Ellison, Our British Birds and Beasts, page 91:
   • [...] swampy marsh, known as the Mossland : today , a path of wooden planks meanders across the marsh. As for the water, rumor has it that it never freezes over; in the middle, it is always warm. The crater has been dead for millennia ... 2013, László Krasznahorkai, Seiobo There Below, page 313:
   • [...] swampy mossland, difficult to drain. With this poor though improving agricultural land as the main basis for existence the population was sparse, resulting in very large parishes made up of small and scattered townships. 1973, John Henry Smith, The Great Human Exploit: Historic Industries of the North-west, page 2:
   • [...] wet regions. The author uses the term "moos" (mossland) for "hochmoor" and defines it as an area with at least 50 cm. of peat consisting of Sphagnum or some substitute. The term "reed-swamp" is used for "flachmoor" or ... 1916, Frederic Edward Clements, Plant Succession: An Analysis of the Development of Vegetation, page 268:

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