land of disputed ownership, debatable land; spec. applied to the Debatable Lands of the Border.
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释义 | the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > [noun] > border country (6) threap-land1259 land of disputed ownership, debatable land; spec. applied to the Debatable Lands of the Border. marchc1300 spec. That part of England which borders on Wales (now usually in plural as the Marches); †Mercia (obsolete). Also: the part of England bordering… the Border1535 spec. (English History and Scottish History.) the Border, the Borders: the boundary between England and Scotland; the district adjoining this… debatable1551 The Debatable Land (on the border of England and Scotland: see A. 2 above); also plural the residents on this land (sometimes debatablers). debatable land1587 Ground or territory as owned by a person or viewed as public or private property; landed property. (common land, concealed land, copyhold land, deba… threap-ground1825 = threap-land n. |
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