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rangeland

[ reynj-land ]

rangeland

/ ˈrɛɪndʒˌlænd /

noun

  1. often plural land that naturally produces forage plants suitable for grazing but where rainfall is too low or erratic for growing crops


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rangeland1

First recorded in 1930–35; range + -land

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Example Sentences

But now the great prairies had all been overgrazed or carved into farms; there was little suitable rangeland left to occupy.

So much good rangeland unharnessed by wire fencing the Flying U boys had not seen for many a day.

Two by two the riders, mere moving dots at first against a monotone of the rangeland, took form as they neared the common center.

It was getting dark when Ida Mary finally announced jubilantly that someone was coming from the direction of the rangeland.

It was breaking an unwritten law of the rangeland, and worse, it was doing something unbusiness-like and foolish.

To Tom that seemed fair enough,––a give-and-take game of the rangeland.

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