an agricultural county of eastern England on the North Sea
"Farmers in Lincolnshire harvest wheat across their vast fields near the North Sea coast."
A county of eastern England bordered by South Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Rutland and the North Sea.
"Lincolnshire is a vast county in eastern England that borders nine other counties and the North Sea."
The name comes from a combination of "Lincoln" and "-shire," which was first used as written around the year 1066. It originally referred specifically to the shire or county associated with the town of Lincoln in England.