DCHP-1 Online
dry-land 
n. an area of low precipitation, such as the Dry Belt (def. 1).
See also: Dry Belt (def. 1)
- 1917 Jan Johnson and Katrina Jensen married and took up a dry land homestead.
- 1953 . . . the development of such an irrigation area does materially help the nearby dry regions . . . by providing a market for dry-land cattle for finishing, by providing a sure source of feed and seed in drought cycles, and by bringing nearer to the dry-land farmer the superior service facilities of the more densely occupied irrigation districts.
- 1917 Jan Johnson and Katrina Jensen married and took up a dry land homestead.