DCHP-3

dry-land

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

an area of low precipitation, such as the Dry Belt (def. 1).

See: Dry Belt(def. 1)

Quotations

1917
Jan Johnson and Katrina Jensen married and took up a dry land homestead.
1953
. . . the development of such an irrigation area does materially help the nearby dry regions . . . by providing a market for dry-land cattle for finishing, by providing a sure source of feed and seed in drought cycles, and by bringing nearer to the dry-land farmer the superior service facilities of the more densely occupied irrigation districts.