DCHP-1 Online
drowned lands 
low-lying areas liable to flooding.
- 1790-1796 (1961) [The Sawmills are Drowned with the freshet. There is not much Lumber on hand.]
- 1883 . . . where the ground is low-lying . . . the country on both sides is completely submerged, forming what are called "lagoons" in the Southern States, and in our backwoods "drowned lands."
- 1790-1796 (1961) [The Sawmills are Drowned with the freshet. There is not much Lumber on hand.]