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fallowing, vbl. n.|ˈfæləʊɪŋ|
[f. fallow v.2 + -ing1.]
1. The action or operation of ploughing and breaking up land; an instance of this.
c1450Lat. & Eng. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 618 Varracio, valwynge. 1532G. Hervet Xenophon's Househ. (1768) 63 Falowynge and stirryng of the grounde, helpeth very moche to the sowynge. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. i. (1586) 40 At the first fallowing they marle the grounde. 1669Worlidge Syst. Agric. (1681) 35 These several Ploughings or Fallowings are very advantageous to Ground in several respects. 1789Trans. Soc. Encourag. Arts I. 139 [The field] had received two fallowings.
2. The method or system by which land is ploughed, etc., and then allowed to lie uncropped for a time; an instance of this. Also bare-fallowing, summer-fallowing.
1669J. Worlidge Syst. Agric. (1681) 9 For the same reason are the Summer-Fallowings advantageous to the Husbandman, not only for the destroying of the weeds. 1765A. Dickson Treat. Agric. iii. (ed. 2) 392 With the assistance of fallowing, [the land] carries very good crops. 1777W. Nimmo Stirlingshire 434 The advantages which that..soil must derive from summer fallowing. 1807Vancouver Agric. Devon (1813) 143 When fallowing, or a preparation for rotting the green sward, is intended. 1881Daily News 4 June 5/5 A..quantity of land set apart for bare fallowing. |