scabland
noun/ˈskæblænd/
Etymology From scab + land.
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Geography, Natural sciences US High, flat land of igneous rock, with thin soil and deep channels formed by glaciers or glacial floods.
- he was determined at least never to have to go back, never to end up again down some gopher-ridden trail through the scabland, howling at the unexplained and unresponsive moon.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 780: