transitive. To manure (land) by turning sheep or cattle upon it (usually said of the cattle); also, by extension, by flooding it. Cf. water-tathe v.…
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > fertilize or manure [verb (transitive)] > dung > by putting animals on land (4) tathec1440 transitive. To manure (land) by turning sheep or cattle upon it (usually said of the cattle); also, by extension, by flooding it. Cf. water-tathe v.… fold1671 To place sheep in a fold or folds upon (a piece of ground), for the purpose of manuring it. to fold off: to use (a crop) as pasture for folded sheep. sheep1808 transitive. To weed or to dung (land) by pasturing sheep upon it. fold-tread1854 = fold, v.2 2. |
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