plotland

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

plot +‎ land

Noun[edit]

plotland (plural plotlands)

  1. Land that is used by itinerant people for the construction of temporary dwellings.
    • 2009 February 16, Tristram Hunt, “Clarkson's philistines would appal these pootling pioneers”, in The Guardian:
      To cater for the new army of motorists, a sprawling infrastructure of petrol stations, motels and car parks crept across Britain. So did a new landscape of unauthorised plotlands.