reapableadj.
/ˈriːpəbl/, U.S. /ˈripəb(ə)l/ rare.
That can be reaped; ready for reaping.
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reapable1570
mowable1607
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Aiv/1 Reapable, messibilis.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. i. 390 A strange sowing of dragon's teeth, and the first harvest reapable from it a world of armed men.
1922 Clearfield (Pa.) Progress 13 July 4/1 The crop of misery always reapable after war made these incursions of government into trade-encouragement absolutely necessary.
1993 P. Hawkes tr. H. Fukui Food & Population 395 The maximum area reapable by one person in the 80-day period at the harvest time, however, is 10.04 rai.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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