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Marshy region
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fenland
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ From the late eighteenth century onwards, normal parliamentary Acts of Enclosure authorised the break-up of many thousands of acres of fenland . ▪ In 1910, the Hon Charles Rothschild purchased 138 hectares of this fenland fragment ...
Wikipedia
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Fenland may mean: Fenland, or the Fens , an area of low-lying land in eastern England Fenland , a local authority district in Cambridgeshire, England, forming part of the Fens Fenland Airfield , an airfield near Spalding, Lincolnshire, England, in the Fens ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "the fens of eastern England" [syn: marsh , marshland , fen ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. a kind of low-lying ground, often wet or marshy
Usage examples of fenland.
But when Chips had a cold or when east winds roared over the fenlands, Merivale would sometimes take Mrs.
She is a large and powerful horse and, discomforting as my life is, I did not wish to be crushed by her hooves and thus lose it altogether on this lonely Fenland causeway.
From this shelter within the fenlands she might hold on for months or for years, a worm in his side.
Thus, then, there will, when all have returned, be a goodly number, and it is our defence of the Fenlands that has won their freedom for them.
The priest of his fenland village had owned only a service book, with extracts from the Bible for the different services of the Church year.