ˈploughable, ˈplowable, a.
[f. plough v. + -able.]
Capable of being ploughed; arable.
| 1570 Levins Manip. 3/10 Plowable, arabilis. 1611 Cotgr., Arable, earable, ploughable, tillable. 1778 W. H. Marshall Minutes Agric., Digest 25 Light Soils are plowable at a small expence. 1864 Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xv. xii. (1872) VI. 87 There may be patches ploughable for rye. |