| 释义 |
meadowing, vbl. n.|ˈmɛdəʊɪŋ|
[f. meadow.]
1. Land used or suitable for the growth of a crop of grass. Also attrib.
c1598in Harwood Lichfield (1806) 385, ij closes and j piece of meadowing. 1611Cotgr., Preir, to make Medowing of; to turne into Medow. 1639Plymouth Col. Rec. (1855) I. 110 Prouided he be allowed meddowing elswhere in lue thereof. 1732Pennsylv. Gaz. 31 July–7 Aug. 4/1 A very good Plantation..with plentiful Meadowing fit for the Scythe. 1844Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. V. i. 108 On leaving Dunham I observed some good meadowing.
attrib.1611Speed Theat. Gt. Brit. xix. (1614) 37/1 Meadowing-pastures upon both sides of the river Came. 1675Providence (R.I.) Rec. (1893) IV. 39 Ye two shares of ye meaddoing ground.
2. The action of cultivating meadow land.
1735Pennsylv. Gaz. 15–22 Mar. 2/2 Several Tracts of good Land..good Part of it fit for Meadowing. 1894Morning Post 3 Feb. 2/1 Less valuable land, worthless for the purpose of meadowing, would be left.
attrib.1796Washington Let. Writ. 1892 XIII. 259, I am altogether in the farming and meadowing line. |