crown land
noun
land belonging to the crown, the revenue of which goes to the reigning sovereign.
Also crown·land.
one of the administrative divisions of the former empire of Austria-Hungary.
Origin of crown land
First recorded in 1615–25
Words nearby crown land
crown glass,
crown graft,
crown green,
crown imperial,
crown jewels,
crown land,
crown lens,
crown octavo,
crown of thorns,
crown office,
crown point
Example sentences from the Web for crownland
Lussinpiccolo is a town on an island belonging to the Crownland of Istria.
The name was revived by the constitution of 1861, which established the crownland of Grz and Gradisca.
Another force penetrated further to the north in the Crownland of Goritz and Gradisca.
British Dictionary definitions for crownland (1 of 2)
crownland
/ (ˈkraʊnˌlænd) /
noun
a large administrative division of the former empire of Austria-Hungary
British Dictionary definitions for crownland (2 of 2)
crown land
noun
(in the United Kingdom) land belonging to the Crown
public land in some dominions of the Commonwealth