meadowland

American  

[med-oh-land] / ˈmɛd oʊˌlænd /

noun

1. an area or section of land that is a meadow or is used or kept as a meadow.

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Etymology

Origin of meadowland

First recorded in 1645–55; meadow + land

Example Sentences

The project saw conservationists focus on restoring a type of wild meadowland where the large blue likes to live.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2022

Last summer, an area of flowery meadowland in the wood near Mitchell exploded with life.

From The Guardian • Mar. 14, 2020

Following a dirt road through meadowland and abandoned wheat farms on the east side of the Tigris River, we arrived at a ten-foot berm behind a trench that was at least as deep.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 18, 2016

Brittany Culwell grew up on 10 acres of meadowland and woods, in a house her grandparents built, on a street that was once so new her family had the right to name it.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2013

A wide area of the meadowland was burned black and scorched flat.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques