Ploughland

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Land that has been or is meant to be ploughed. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops wordnet
  3. 3
    Synonym of carucate. countable, historical, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English plowelond, plouȝ-lond, plow-land, equivalent to plough + land. Compare German Pflugland, Old Norse plógsland (“ploughland”).

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