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Origin of bottom landAn Americanism dating back to 1720–30 Words nearby bottom landbottom heat, bottom house, bottom ice, bottoming, bottom lady, bottom land, bottomless, bottomless pit, bottom line, bottom-liner, bottommost Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bottom landSlowly, for the bottom-land is in some places heavily timbered, and the road requires clearing for the waggons. The Death Shot|Mayne Reid To one side of it, in a narrow stretch of bottom-land, a row of weeping willows pierced the loose stone lake-wall. Lad: A Dog|Albert Payson Terhune Seated in his saddle he takes a survey of the bottom-land below. The Death Shot|Mayne Reid They reached the end of the ravine and descended into the canebrake of the bottom-land which led to the Kentucky River. Strange Stories of the Great Valley|Abbie Johnston Grosvenor
The bottom-land, as it is called, between the water's edge and the hills, is generally low and narrow. Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1887|Various
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