ˈfield-ˌland
† a. A level plain. OE. only. Obs. † b. Level and unenclosed land. Obs.
| c 1000 ælfric Deut. i. 7 Faraþ to Amorrea dune & to oþrum feld landum. 1669 Worlidge Syst. Agric. (1681) 35 Champain or Field-land. 1707 Mortimer Husb. 234 Field Lands are not exempted from Milldews. 1710 Lond. Gaz. No. 4674/7, 65 Acres of..Pasture inclosed, and 80 Acres of Field Land. |
c. Land suitable for cultivation. U.S.
| 1851 A. O. Hall Manhattaner 129, I have seen a million dollars worth of property..plantations; field lands; sugar-houses. |