† ˈfielden, a. and n. Obs.
Also fieldon(e.
[f. field n. + -en4.]
A. adj.
1. Level and open.
| 1604 Edmonds Observ. Cæsar's Comm. 110 Footemen are not onely of importance in fielden countries, but are necesrarie also in mountenous or woodie places. 1669 Worlidge Syst. Agric. (1681) 15 Wheat in the Fielden Country is subject to Mildews. |
2. Consisting of fields.
| 1623 Favine Theat. Hon. iii. ii. 336 The whole Uniuersitie being then a fielden and woodie Wildernesse. |
3. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the field (see field n. 2); rural, rustic.
| 1620 tr. Boccaccio's Decameron 161 Of a fielden clownish lout he would needs now become a judge of beauty. 1620 Brinsley Virgil 58/2 Now will I meditate a fielden Muse (viz. a pastorall song) with my slender reed. 1623 Favine Theat. Hon. vii. xiii. 271 With Fagot-sticks they erected a poore Fielden Lodging. |
B. absol. or n. Field land.
| 1621–51 Burton Anat. Mel. ii. ii. iii. 261 Our Townes are generally bigger in the woodland than the fieldone. 1649 W. Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. (1653) 15 Those that use to fetch their seed out of Chilterne into other parts or Countries of the Fieldon. 1712 J. Morton Nat. Hist. Northampt. 7 Tillage-land, or Fielden. |