linkslandn.
/ˈlɪŋksland/ Land with the characteristics of Scottish links (see link n.1 b) and suitable for or used as golf-links.
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1926 R. Hunter Links 11 Such golf is much more frequently seen inland than by the sea. Place these Titans on links-land and what a difference when the wind blows!
1952 G. Campbell Links & Courses in B. Darwin et al. Hist. Golf in Brit. v. 108 The results [of landscaping], especially on links land, met with a measure of success.
1964 New Yorker 6 June 96/3 The British championships have always been held exclusively on linksland courses.
1968 Sunday Times 7 July 24/7 Carnoustie..like so many seaside links..is nothing much to the eye, being on a comparatively flat expanse of reclaimed linksland.
1979 United States 1980–1 (Penguin Travel Guides) 501 Part of the premier resort..is built on lava flows that have somehow solidified to give the course a linksland character.
1987 Golfer's Compan. June 19/1 He took a lovely piece of linksland that was designed in heaven for the use of golfers.
1991 N.Y. Times Mag. 1 Dec. (Advt. section) 6 a/1 One can reasonably conclude that golf began where it has always been played most avidly, the sandy, breezy linksland of coastal Scotland.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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