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bowerland

noun

Etymology

From Middle English bureland, borlond, burlond, from Old English būrland, ġebūrland (“land occupied by farmers; farmland”), equivalent to bower (“peasant; farmer”) + land.

  1. inherited from būrland
  2. inherited from bureland

Definitions

  1. A rural area

    A rural area; farmland; bowery.

    • The Grey Bower has woodwork of white, with grey walls decorated with a bowerland of rose and fuchsia, and having an undergrowth of blue-bells.
    • Babyland never again will be thine, Land of all mystery, holy, divine, Motherland, otherland, Wonderland, underland, Land of a time ne'er again to be seen; Flowerland, bowerland, Airyland, fairyland, Rockaby, baby, thy cradle is green.

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