Open spaces of land with scattered pines.
1775. First the pine land, commonly called pine barren, which makes up the largest body by far, the Peninsula being scarce any thing else.—B. Romans, ‘Florida,’ p. 15.
1775. [They] planted their baronies in the pine barrens. There let the lords be lumber cutters!—Id., p. 117.
1817. Poor S——, who grew prematurely old, and turned his head into a pine barren, by cultivating his faculties overmuch.—J. K. Paulding, ‘Letters from the South,’ i. 96 (N.Y.).
1827. This [James] island is, in general, a poor pine barren, broken by ponds of water, and skirted, especially on the east end, with extensive salt marches.—John L. Williams,’ View of West Florida,’ p. 20 (Phila.).
