byland

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English

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Etymology

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From by- +‎ land.

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Noun

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byland (plural bylands)

  1. (rare) A peninsula.
    • 1930, The Sussex County Magazine, volume 4, page 887:
      [] the "byland or peninsula" of Selsey.

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Scots

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Noun

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byland (plural bylands)

  1. An adjoining piece of land, a side land
  2. A partition of land jutting out into the sea, peninsula