mosslandとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

mossland (countable and uncountable, plural mosslands)

1. Land abounding in peat bogs.
   • 1916, Frederic Edward Clements, Plant Succession: An Analysis of the Development of Vegetation, page 268:

     [...] wet regions. The author uses the term "moos" (mossland) for "hochmoor" and defines it as an area with at least 50 cm. of peat consisting of Sphagnum or some substitute. The term "reed-swamp" is used for "flachmoor" or ...

   • 1947, Norman Ellison, Our British Birds and Beasts, page 91:

     [...] swampy mossland in Cumberland : […]

   • 1973, John Henry Smith, The Great Human Exploit: Historic Industries of the North-west, page 2:

     [...] swampy mossland, difficult to drain. With this poor though improving agricultural land as the main basis for existence the population was sparse, resulting in very large parishes made up of small and scattered townships.

   • 2013, László Krasznahorkai, Seiobo There Below, page 313:

     [...] swampy marsh, known as the Mossland : today , a path of wooden planks meanders across the marsh. As for the water, rumor has it that it never freezes over; in the middle, it is always warm. The crater has been dead for millennia ...

アナグラム

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