ˈkirklandSc. and north. = church-land. c1450Holland Howlat 784 Thai ete of the corne in the kirkland.c1500Rowlis Cursing 31 in Laing Anc.Poet.Scot. 212 Kirkland hay, or gerss to a waill.1633Sc. Acts Chas. I (1817) V. 128 With all manssis gleibs kirklands.