Etymology

From plot +‎ landCategory:English compound terms#PLOTLAND.

Noun

plotland (plural plotlands)Category:English lemmas#PLOTLANDCategory:English nouns#PLOTLANDCategory:English countable nouns#PLOTLANDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PLOTLANDCategory:Pages with entries#PLOTLANDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#PLOTLAND

1. Land that is used by itinerant people for the construction of temporary dwellings.
   • 2009 February 16, Tristram Hunt, “Clarkson's philistines would appal these pootling pioneers”, in The Guardian:

     To cater for the new army of motorists, a sprawling infrastructure of petrol stations, motels and car parks crept across Britain. So did a new landscape of unauthorised plotlands.

     Category:English terms with quotations#PLOTLAND