fenland
[ fen-land, -luhnd ]
noun
a low area of marshy ground.
Origin of fenland
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How to use fenland in a sentence
They had watched the triumphant army pass, setting the dull fenland ablaze with color as it moved.
Robert Annys: Poor Priest | Annie Nathan MeyerIt only occurs in fenland, chiefly Norfolk and Cambridgeshire.
The Moths of the British Isles, First Series | Richard SouthThe Crane was in a spit of open woodland, with before him and on either side deep fenland with paths known only to its dwellers.
The Path of the King | John BuchanStarting from the Cam at Clayhithe it runs along the whole western limit of the fenland.
Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely | Rev. Edward Conybeare.They are respectively (p. 297) four and twelve furlongs from the stream, and mark successive boundaries of the fenland waters.
Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely | Rev. Edward Conybeare.
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