Fens
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
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How to use Fens in a sentence
So, Foster abandons his car—license plate D-Fens—on the highway and sets out on foot.
It goes to show that our doctrine is of God, else "behemoth would lie under shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and Fens."
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians | Martin LutherIt was then built quite in the country, with the Fens behind, fields in front, and no houses beyond it.
Bygone London | Frederick RossThe sea itself is about four miles away, and the dead level of the Fens extends all around the town.
At Stamford itself one would hardly suppose that the Fens were near.
The history of the drainage of the Fens and the rectification of its river courses is a long and complicated one.
British Dictionary definitions for Fens
/ (fɛnz) /
the Fens a flat low-lying area of E England, west and south of the Wash: consisted of marshes until reclaimed in the 17th to 19th centuries
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