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Webster 1913 Edition
No-man's-land
No′-man’sˊ landˊ
,No′-man’sˊ-landˊ
1.
(Naut.)
A space amidships used to keep blocks, ropes, etc.; a space on a ship belonging to no one in particular to care for.
3.
Hence:
(Fig.)
: An unclaimed space or time.
That
no-man’s land
of twilight. W. Black.