Earth-tilth
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Cultivation of the ground; farming; agriculture. archaic, dialectal, rare, uncountable
"Dumb-founded Nature You will crown the chorale of our hearts The day you rise - Who give us weight, earth-tilth And tincture - God will fill the opening Of your eyes."
Example
More examples"Dumb-founded Nature You will crown the chorale of our hearts The day you rise - Who give us weight, earth-tilth And tincture - God will fill the opening Of your eyes."
Etymology
From Middle English erthe-tilthe, equivalent to earth + tilth.
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