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† ˈarder Obs.
Forms: 6–7 arder, 7 ardor, -our, -ure.
[Prob. a. ON. arðr plough, prob. ad. L. aratrum; cf. also Gael. arad plough, and ardar plough, ardur ploughman, in West Cornwall Gloss. Cf. ardagh.]
1. Ploughing; esp. the fallowing, or ploughing up vacant land some time before the seed is put in.
1581–2Invent. in Best Farm. Bks. (1856) 172 For tyllinge of barlye land, one arder. 1616Surfl. & Markh. Countr. Farm 534 In one arder or two you shall make your ground as cleare of weeds as possible. 1688M. Robinson Treat. Faith 117 Who can expect to reap much from a single ardour, or once ploughing? [1793–1813Agric. Surv. Durh. 68 What is here called four aders, viz. wheat, clover, oats, and fallow.]
2. The state of being ploughed up.
1524MS. Leases Dean & Ch. York i, [The lessee to] leve the arable land in gud ardure and tilht.
3. Land ploughed up and left fallow, fallow land.
1641Best Farm. Bks. (1856) 132 To sowe olde ardure. 1668Invent. in Best Farm. Bks. (1856) 176 The winter corne sowne on the grounde and the arders, 45l. |