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Definition of Fenland

1. Noun. Low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water. "The fens of eastern England"

Definition of Fenland

1. Noun. Low-lying ground, often wet or marshy ¹

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Definition of Fenland

1. marshy ground [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fenland

Literary usage of Fenland

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of Scientific Serials of All Countries: Including the Transactions by Samuel Hubbard Scudder (1879)
"fenland and eastern counties' meteorological circular and weather report; hy Miller. 1874-75(1876). 1 v. 8°. 284. London.— The field naturalist; a review of ..."

2. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1892)
"THE fenland. OPENING ADDRESS OF THE HISTORICAL SECTION AT THE CAMBRIDGE MEETING.1 By the RIGHT REV. THE BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH. Some years ago when it was ..."

3. Over Fen and Wold by James John Hissey (1898)
"CHAPTER XIII The fenland capital—Mother and daughter towns—•" Boston stump" ... BOSTON, that proudly calls itself "the capital of fenland," struck us as a ..."

4. The Midland Naturalist: Journal of the Midland Union of Natural History edited by Edward W. Badger, William Jerome Harrison, William Hillhouse (1878)
"The fenland embraces an area of about 1300 square miles, lying round the Wash, and reaching to Wainfleet and ..."

5. A History of Cambridgeshire by John William Edward Conybeare (1897)
"Reasons for this—William's theoretical position—Wholesale confiscation of land. § 13—25. Revolt of fenland—Danes at Ely—Camp of Refuge— Hereward—Capture of ..."

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