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单词 rosland
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roslandn.

Brit. /ˈrɒzland/, U.S. /ˈrɑzˌlænd/, Welsh English /ˈrɔsland/
Origin: A borrowing from Welsh, combined with an English element. Etymons: Welsh rhos , land n.1
Etymology: < Welsh rhos ross n.3 + land n.1 Compare Welsh rhostir moor, heath (1588; < rhos + tir land: see rhandir n.). Compare later ross n.3Compare also the place name Roseland in Cornwall (see discussion at ross n.3).
English regional (now rare).
Heathy or marshy terrain, moorland; (also) an area of such land.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] > moor or heath
mooreOE
moorlandeOE
heathOE
fella1400
burgh-moorc1600
rosland1704
heath-land1819
wallum1965
1704 Dict. Rusticum (at cited word) Rosland; is heathy Land, or full of Ling;..Waterish, or Moorish Land.
1889 Universal Rev. Nov. 435 On river plain And smothered rosland stirs the snow and dies.
1899 F. Wilkinson in Cent. Mag. July 435/1 You used to love the tinging, cool Plash of the heron in the pool Of the wide roslands by Bel' Ile, Taking his lonely evening meal.
1902 Builder 29 Mar. 311/3 ‘Roseland’ has not the meaning which one would popularly suppose, but should be strictly ‘Rosland’, which means moor or peat land.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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