landscape

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landscape 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

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landscape An orientation of a page in which the longer side is at the top. Compare portrait.

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