Land appropriated to, or suitable for, the cultivation of corn.
1387. Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), II. 43 (Mātzn.). Þere is nobil cornlond and fruytful.
1469. Plumpton Corr., 21. The corneland is overflotin with water.
a. 1613. Overbury, Characters, Jaylor. The best acre of corn-land … in England.
1707. Curios. in Husb. & Gard., 140. Nitre … has the greatest Effect on all Corn-Lands.
1846. C. G. Prowett, Æschylus’ Prom. Bd., 18. The broad Corn-lands of fruitful Cicily.
1866. Kingsley, Herew., I. vi. 180. Rich pastures, broken by strips of cornland and snug farms.
