prairie-land

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

the region of the prairie (def. 2a).

See: prairie(def. 2a),Prairies(def. 1)

Quotations

1873

A horse, a flint gun, some white cloth and beads, could purchase the hand and heart of the fairest squaw in Prairie land.

1887

. . . the Hudson's Bay Company . . . laid claim to the vast prairieland. . . .

2n. — Attributive use.

the grassy plains of Western Canada collectively.

See: prairie(def. 2b)

1913

Softly the shadows of prairie-land wheat / Ripple and riot adown to her feet. . . .