washland

Etymology

From wash + land.

washland means Any land that is flooded by a river from time to time. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

Any land that is flooded by a river from time to time.“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.”