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noun 
  1. (archaic) a grassy plain or pasture, especially surrounded by woodland; a glade
    • Late C14: In a upon an hill of flowers. " Geoffrey Chaucer
  2. 1590: Through this anon the deer will come. " William Shakespeare, Henry VI Part III III:i
  3. 1962: Odon was known to be resting, after completing his motion picture, at the villa of an old American friend, Joseph S. Lavender (the name hails from the laundry, not from the ). " Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire
Etymology: Old French launde (French lande) "wooded area".

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