See Also: land(medicine)
land(1)(dictionary)
Land's End(encyclopedia)
dry land(dictionary)
land(2)(dictionary)
old land(dictionary)
Land(dictionary)
never-never land(dictionary)
LAND(finance)
no-man's-land(dictionary)

old land (iou)



old land noun phr. ; in sense 3 usu. oldland. L17.
[from OLD adjective + LAND noun1.]
(A piece of) land newly ploughed after lying uncultivated for some time; (a piece of) arable land sown with grass for more than two years. dial. L17.
Land that has been cultivated for a long time; land exhausted by long cultivation. US. E18.
Geology. Land which lies behind a coastal plain of more recent origin, esp. where this plain has been built up from sedimentary material derived from that land. Also, an area of very ancient crystalline rocks, esp. when reduced to low relief. L19.