vineland

¹ American  

[vahyn-land] / ˈvaɪnˌlænd /

noun

1. land particularly suited to the growing of vines.

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Vineland ² American  

[vahyn-luhnd] / ˈvaɪn lənd /

noun

1. a city in S New Jersey.

2. Vinland.

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Vineland British  

/ ˈvaɪnlənd /

noun

1. a variant spelling of Vinland

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Etymology

Origin of vineland

vine + land

Example Sentences

Labrador will never be a "vineland," a land of corn and wine, or a country where fenced cities will be needed to keep out the milk and honey.

From A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir

Through Aleck's fevered brain, there ran the words of the song he sang before— "Out from your vineland come Into the prairies wild; Here will we make our home, Father, mother, and child."

From Pierre and His People, [Tales of the Far North], Complete by Parker, Gilbert

From San Gabriel the planting of the vine extended from mission to mission until each owned its patch of vineland.

From Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines by Vizetelly, Henry

With the blue mountains traveling always at our right, with level garden and vineland about us, we drifted up the valley of the Rhone and found ourselves, in mid-afternoon, at the gates of Avignon.

From The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age by Paine, Albert Bigelow

It may be doubted if a French or German boy especially wishes that his cornland or vineland were a desert; but many an English boy has wished that his island were a desert island.

From A Short History of England by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)