"common land" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: common lands [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} common land (countable and uncountable, plural common lands)
  1. (British, Ireland) an area of land in the United Kingdom or Ireland that is open to the public at all times and until the 18th century would have been land that was free for anybody to graze their animals on (often shortened to common). Tags: British, Ireland, countable, uncountable Synonyms: common#Noun, commons Translations (land free for anybody to graze their animals on): fælled [common-gender] (Danish), yhteismaa (Finnish), Allmeini [Alemannic-German] (German), talamh coiteann [masculine] (Irish), allmenning [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), allmenning [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ejido [masculine] (Spanish), allmänning [common-gender] (Swedish), tir comin [masculine] (Welsh), tir cyffredin [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. (UK, Ireland) collectively, all the common land in one of those two countries. Tags: Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-common_land-en-noun-mY93W6Wu Categories (other): British English, Irish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: enclosure, pasturage, pastureland
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