marchland

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It was now with the Ottomans almost exclusively that he had to deal; the other Seljouk hordes had no longer any marchland along the shrunken frontier of his dominions.

From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick

Before Fernando died in 1065 he had extended his frontier on the west as far south as the Mondego, making Sesnando, a converted Moslem, count of this important marchland.

From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum