landscape
oxford
views updated May 29 2018landscape picture representing natural inland scenery XVI(
landskip); view of such scenery XVII (
lantskip).—MDu.
lantscap, (mod.)
landschap landscape, province (cf. OE.
landsċipe region, tract, OS.
landskipi, OHG.
lantscaf, ON.
landskapr); see
LAND,
-SHIP.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
landscape
oxford
views updated May 18 2018landscape An orientation of a page in which the longer side is at the top. Compare
portrait.
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