† ˈfieldy, a. Obs.
[f. field n. + -y1.]
1. Level, open; exposed.
| c 1380 Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 214 [Crist] stood in a fieldi place. c 1449 Pecock Repr. 280 In the feeldi placis of Moab. 1576 Fleming tr. Caius' Dogs in Arb. Garner III. 238 In fieldy lands rather than in bushy and woody places. 1598 Florio, Piaggioso..fieldie. |
2. That grows in or inhabits the fields.
| 1382 Wyclif Wisd. xix. 18 Feeldi wilde thingus in to watri ben turned. 1598 Florio, Camporeccio, fieldie, that growes in the fields. |
3. Forming a field or fields. Cf. field n. 12 a.
| 1598 Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. iv. Handie-Crafts 451 In fieldy clouds he vanisheth it away. |