washland

English

Etymology

wash +‎ land

Noun

washland (countable and uncountable, plural washlands)

1. Any land that is flooded by a river from time to time.
   • 2020 May 20, Paul Stephen, “NR beats floods to secure tracks to Drax”, in Rail, page 58:

     Martyn Wilson, senior asset manager (geotechnics), explains: "In that part of Yorkshire, more than 3,000 acres of washlands had been allowed to flood [in line with the Environment Agency's local flood management plan]. That's 80% of the size of Windermere, so when it floods it becomes the second-largest lake in England.

References

• “washland”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.