backland

noun

Etymology

From back + land.

  1. derived from *lendʰ-
  2. inherited from *landą
  3. inherited from *land
  4. inherited from land
  5. inherited from lond
  6. compounded as backland — “back + land

Definitions

  1. Land that lies behind or beyond some primary settlement or development.

    • He has developed a sophisticated, inventive way to use these modulations that were quite common in the singers we heard there in the backlands of the northeast.”

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for backland. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA