† rag fallown.

Forms:

α. Scottish 1700s rag fauch, 1700s–1800s rag faugh.

β. 1800s rag fallow.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: faugh n., fallow n.¹

Etymology: < a first element of uncertain identity (perhaps either rag n.² (compare branch II. at that entry) or rag v.¹) + either (in α. forms) faugh n. or (in β. forms) fallow n.¹ Compare bastard fallow at fallow n.¹ 3b.

Originally Scottish. Obsolete.

Land which is used for a grass crop and then ploughed several times prior to the planting of wheat in the autumn; the process of preparing land in this way.

ΘΚΠ

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1784 A. Wight Present State Husbandry in Scotl. IV: Pt. ii. 617 Hay, which is followed by that which is called rag or bastard fallow, to three ploughings are, for the most part, given, if the season permit, and always plenty of dung.

1795 G. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Mid-Lothian (new ed.) App. i. 3 Rag-fauch is ground ploughed up, and prepared for wheat, that has been two years in grass, and generally gets three furrows.

1814 App. Gen. Rep. Agric. State & Polit. Circumstances Scotl. I. 451 The best season for sowing wheat, either on fallow, rag fallow, or once ploughed clover stubble, is from the beginning of September to the 20th October.

1835 P. Miller Gardener's Dict. I. (ed. 9) 172 Upon heavier soils, or aftergrass of two or more years, the land is ploughed two or three times, or receives what is called a rag fallow.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. lxix. 999 Manure..cannot be applied upon the surface of the lea, as it would be in the way of working the rag-fallow.

1873 Trans. Highl. Soc. 36 Wheat does occasionally follow grass, when what is called ‘rag-fallow’ is made. A field that has been hay..is ploughed down in July, grubbed, rolled, dunged, and again ploughed, and then seeded in autumn.

Derivatives

rag-fallowing n. rare the process of ploughing such land.

ΚΠ

1851 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (ed. 2) II. 266/1 A kind of fallowing, technically named rag-fallowing,..consists in pulverising lea ground in summer as a preparation for wheat in autumn.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	rag fallow
释义	† rag fallown. Forms: α. Scottish 1700s rag fauch, 1700s–1800s rag faugh. β. 1800s rag fallow. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: faugh n., fallow n.¹ Etymology: < a first element of uncertain identity (perhaps either rag n.² (compare branch II. at that entry) or rag v.¹) + either (in α. forms) faugh n. or (in β. forms) fallow n.¹ Compare bastard fallow at fallow n.¹ 3b. Originally Scottish. Obsolete. Land which is used for a grass crop and then ploughed several times prior to the planting of wheat in the autumn; the process of preparing land in this way. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > fallow land > other fallows summerlea1572 summer fallow1601 winter fallow1601 twifallowing1610 fallow1684 rag fallow1784 1784 A. Wight Present State Husbandry in Scotl. IV: Pt. ii. 617 Hay, which is followed by that which is called rag or bastard fallow, to three ploughings are, for the most part, given, if the season permit, and always plenty of dung. 1795 G. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Mid-Lothian (new ed.) App. i. 3 Rag-fauch is ground ploughed up, and prepared for wheat, that has been two years in grass, and generally gets three furrows. 1814 App. Gen. Rep. Agric. State & Polit. Circumstances Scotl. I. 451 The best season for sowing wheat, either on fallow, rag fallow, or once ploughed clover stubble, is from the beginning of September to the 20th October. 1835 P. Miller Gardener's Dict. I. (ed. 9) 172 Upon heavier soils, or aftergrass of two or more years, the land is ploughed two or three times, or receives what is called a rag fallow. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. lxix. 999 Manure..cannot be applied upon the surface of the lea, as it would be in the way of working the rag-fallow. 1873 Trans. Highl. Soc. 36 Wheat does occasionally follow grass, when what is called ‘rag-fallow’ is made. A field that has been hay..is ploughed down in July, grubbed, rolled, dunged, and again ploughed, and then seeded in autumn. Derivatives rag-fallowing n. rare the process of ploughing such land. ΚΠ 1851 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (ed. 2) II. 266/1 A kind of fallowing, technically named rag-fallowing,..consists in pulverising lea ground in summer as a preparation for wheat in autumn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1784
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