单词 | infield corn |
释义 | > as lemmasinfield corn b. attributive, as infield corn, infield ground, infield land. (This was probably the original use.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > [adjective] > inlying or outlying land in-town1538 infield corn1606 outfield1823 1606 Sc. Acts Jas. VI c. 8 (Jam.) The croft infield corne [to be teynded] at ane tyme, the beere at ane vther tyme, and the outfield corne at the third tyme. 1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. iv. iii. 406 All land called infield land, has a mixture of this kind of soil in its composition. 1791 Act 31 Geo. III c. 92 (title) An Act for..inclosing a certain large open Tract of Land within the Manor of Holy Island..and for extinguishing the Right of Common upon the ancient Infield Lands within the said Island. a1800 in Edinb. Rev. 168 196 The rich infield ground produced spontaneously rib-grass, white, yellow, and red clover. 1820 W. Scott Monastery II. i. 6 There was but a trifling quantity of arable or infield land attached to it. < as lemmas |
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