English Explanatory Dictionary

common land

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. an area of land in the United Kingdom or Ireland that is open to the public at all times and until the 18th century would have been land that was free for anybody to graze their animals on.
  2. collectively, all the common land in one of those two countries.

Word forms

common land common lands

Synonyms

common commons commonage

Related words

enclosure pasturage pastureland
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