Fallowing
noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A period during which a field is left fallow.
"The rotation of nine years with two fallowings, which was formerly so much in vogue, is now seldom or never to be met with; it was, however, productive of very fine crops of corn on tenacious soils which require a great deal of tillage."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of fallow form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"The rotation of nine years with two fallowings, which was formerly so much in vogue, is now seldom or never to be met with; it was, however, productive of very fine crops of corn on tenacious soils which require a great deal of tillage."
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