† labourableadj.

Forms: late Middle English–1800s labourable, 1500s laborable; Scottish pre-1700 lawborable, 1700s labourable.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: labour v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < labour v. + -able suffix, originally (in sense 1) after Middle French laborable, Middle French, French labourable capable of being worked (1308 in Old French), capable of being ploughed (1406).

Obsolete.

1. Of land, earth, etc.: capable of being worked; cultivable.

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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] > broken > arable

arablec1400

earablea1450

labourable1481

ploughable1570

tillable1571

1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) lxvii. 112 A londe..ful of..good feldes labourable.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Labourable, labourable, workable, fit to be wrought on; also, nauigable.

1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. ii. iii. 21 Three Foot of good Mould, very soft or labourable on the Top.

1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. iv. 274 To drain the swampy Marshes of this vast extended Level: and to render the whole Labourable.

1778 A. Wight Present State Husbandry in Scotl. I. 102 Mr Drummon purposes to continue his plan, and bring all the labourable fields of his farm under proper tillage.

1830 M. T. Sadler Law of Population II. iv. vii. 386 Switzerland is better peopled, in reference to its labourable soil, though not its actual extent, than France.

1886 Belfast News-Letter 11 May 4/1 Wanted, small cottage, with six or eight acres of labourable ground.

2. Capable of working. rare.

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1531 Prymer of Salysbury Use sig. B vj^v I am sonday honourable The heed of all the weke dayes That day all thyng labourable Ought to rest.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	labourable
释义	† labourableadj. Forms: late Middle English–1800s labourable, 1500s laborable; Scottish pre-1700 lawborable, 1700s labourable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: labour v., -able suffix. Etymology: < labour v. + -able suffix, originally (in sense 1) after Middle French laborable, Middle French, French labourable capable of being worked (1308 in Old French), capable of being ploughed (1406). Obsolete. 1. Of land, earth, etc.: capable of being worked; cultivable. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] > broken > arable arablec1400 earablea1450 labourable1481 ploughable1570 tillable1571 1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) lxvii. 112 A londe..ful of..good feldes labourable. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Labourable, labourable, workable, fit to be wrought on; also, nauigable. 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. ii. iii. 21 Three Foot of good Mould, very soft or labourable on the Top. 1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. iv. 274 To drain the swampy Marshes of this vast extended Level: and to render the whole Labourable. 1778 A. Wight Present State Husbandry in Scotl. I. 102 Mr Drummon purposes to continue his plan, and bring all the labourable fields of his farm under proper tillage. 1830 M. T. Sadler Law of Population II. iv. vii. 386 Switzerland is better peopled, in reference to its labourable soil, though not its actual extent, than France. 1886 Belfast News-Letter 11 May 4/1 Wanted, small cottage, with six or eight acres of labourable ground. 2. Capable of working. rare. ΚΠ 1531 Prymer of Salysbury Use sig. B vj^v I am sonday honourable The heed of all the weke dayes That day all thyng labourable Ought to rest. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1481
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