| 单词 | summertilth |
| 释义 | > as lemmassummertilth summertilth n. now chiefly English regional (East Anglian) and historical a piece of land lain fallow for a summer; the state or condition of lying fallow for a summer; (also and in earliest use) the action or an act of ploughing fallow land in the summer.In quot. 1622 in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > fallow land faugha1325 lea-landc1325 crestc1440 white land1459 fallow1523 hade?1523 rest-field1578 brise1600 summertilth1622 ardera1642 naked fallow1684 soil bank1955 1622 J. Downham Guide to Godlynesse iii. xxi. 264 If we doe not sometimes let them [sc. our bodies and minds] lye fallow, and giue them a Summer-tilth of seasonable recreation, they will remit much of their vigour. 1818 in J. Thirsk & J. Imray Suffolk Farming 19th Cent. (1958) 104 To leave all the muck, dung and compost made the last year and all hay, clover hay and summertilths. 1903 in G. E. Evans Farm & Village (1969) 160 Beans and Peas to be twice clean hoed or a clean summertilth. 1970 G. E. Evans Where Beards wag All viii. 89 Ploughing a long fallow or summer-tilth was a very hard and slow job for the man and his horses. 1998 Agric. Hist. Rev. 46 137/2 A quarter of the arable was to be in clover, and a quarter in summertilth followed by turnips. < as lemmas |
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