rangeland

[reynj-land]

noun

range(def 17).

Origin of rangeland

First recorded in 1930–35; range + -land

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Examples from the Web for rangeland

Historical Examples

To Tom that seemed fair enough,––a give-and-take game of the rangeland.
Rim o' the World
B. M. Bower
Two by two the riders, mere moving dots at first against a monotone of the rangeland, took form as they neared the common center.
Rim o' the World
B. M. Bower
It was getting dark when Ida Mary finally announced jubilantly that someone was coming from the direction of the rangeland.
Land of the Burnt Thigh
Edith Eudora Kohl
It was breaking an unwritten law of the rangeland, and worse, it was doing something unbusiness-like and foolish.
The Happy Family
Bertha Muzzy Bower

British Dictionary definitions for rangeland

rangeland

noun

(often plural) land that naturally produces forage plants suitable for grazing but where rainfall is too low or erratic for growing crops

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Examples from the Web for rangeland

Historical Examples

To Tom that seemed fair enough,––a give-and-take game of the rangeland.

Two by two the riders, mere moving dots at first against a monotone of the rangeland, took form as they neared the common center.

It was getting dark when Ida Mary finally announced jubilantly that someone was coming from the direction of the rangeland.

It was breaking an unwritten law of the rangeland, and worse, it was doing something unbusiness-like and foolish.

rangeland

Origin of rangeland