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   No man's land

   /ˈnō ˌmanz ˌland/

   

   noun

   • 1. disputed ground between the front lines or trenches of two opposing armies: "enemy soldiers facing you across no man's land"
   • ▪ an indeterminate or undefined place or state: "the no man's land between the two parties is where presidential contests are won and lost"
   • ▪ land or area that is unowned, uninhabited, or undesirable: "between Riverside Drive and Central Park West was a no man's land, a zone of welfare tenements"

   Word Origin Middle English: originally the name of a plot of ground lying outside the north wall of the city of London, the site of a place of execution.

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