parklandn.
/ˈpɑːklənd/, /ˈpɑːkland/, U.S. /ˈpɑrkˌlænd/ 1. An area of open uncultivated grassland scattered with occasional clumps of trees. Frequently in plural and as a place name.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [noun] > wooded land
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1649 Kingdomes Weekly Intelligencer No. 304. 1303 It was referred to the Councell of State to consider how Forrest and Parke Land may be set for one year for the benefit of the State.
1727 Particular of Estate M. Fenwick, Bechworth Castle 5 Thomas Dipple's Farm... Park Land..The ten Acres.
1877 R. L. Price Two Americas iii. 39 The country..consisted of gently undulating plains, covered with short herbage, something similar..to park land at home.
1907 H. A. Kennedy New Canada 182 Very soon the parklands of the north were all behind us.
1920 H. G. Wells Outl. Hist. 267/2 A slow change in climate..was replacing the swamps and forests and parklands of South Russia..by steppes.
1992 Buffalo News 23 Aug. h3/2 The immense parklands, inundated by thousands upon thousands of swooping and calling birds.
2. Land given over to the cultivation of a park or parks; land laid out as a park. Also in plural.
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1868 A. Trollope Phineas Finn in St. Pauls Jan. 495 Behind the house the expanse of drained park land seemed to be interminable.
1927 Daily Tel. 1 Mar. 6 There are gardens here which cost a large sum to lay out, and well-timbered parklands, 123 acres in all.
1990 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 5 Feb. 5/5 As a result, the Queen is offering her daughter another home, Amner Hall, which is secluded in 24ha of parkland.
3. Canadian. A parcel of land required by law to be set aside for public recreation and wildlife conservation; a national or provincial park.
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1957 Financial Post (Canada) 29 June 23/3 Every major Canadian city knows it should be providing 10 acres of parkland for every 1,000 people.
1977 Little Cataraqui Environment Assoc. Newsletter Nov. 1 The [conservation] authority will maintain this land as a natural parkland, paying both taxes to the city and maintenance costs.
2003 Canada NewsWire (Nexis) 14 Aug. A Wetland Creation Project in Frenchman's Bay: Will create a self-sustaining wetland within the shoreline parkland providing habitat for resident and migratory species.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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