† plitn.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plough n.¹, spit n.³

Etymology: Apparently < pl- (in plough n.¹) + -it (in spit n.³).Compare:1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 13 May 1775 (note) A spade-full is called a Spit, and, by analogy, a plow-full a Plit.

British regional. Obsolete.

A slice of earth turned over by a ploughshare.

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > slice turned by plough

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1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 13 May 1775 Each furrow.., and the fresh-formed surface of each plit, may lie..wholly exposed to the weather.

1812 J. Sinclair Acct. Syst. Husbandry Scotl. i. 156 Where the land is excessively steep, it is often necessary to plough directly across, throwing the plits or furrow slices all down hill.

1813 R. Kerr Agric. Surv. Berwick 150 At its fore part it is an exceedingly sharp wedge, so as to insinuate between the fastland and the plit, or furrow slice.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	plit
释义	† plitn. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plough n.¹, spit n.³ Etymology: Apparently < pl- (in plough n.¹) + -it (in spit n.³).Compare:1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 13 May 1775 (note) A spade-full is called a Spit, and, by analogy, a plow-full a Plit. British regional. Obsolete. A slice of earth turned over by a ploughshare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > slice turned by plough plit1778 flag1787 furrow-slice1807 shot1843 1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 13 May 1775 Each furrow.., and the fresh-formed surface of each plit, may lie..wholly exposed to the weather. 1812 J. Sinclair Acct. Syst. Husbandry Scotl. i. 156 Where the land is excessively steep, it is often necessary to plough directly across, throwing the plits or furrow slices all down hill. 1813 R. Kerr Agric. Surv. Berwick 150 At its fore part it is an exceedingly sharp wedge, so as to insinuate between the fastland and the plit, or furrow slice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1778
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