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ploughland | plowland, n. meanings, etymology and more
A measure of land used in the northern and eastern counties of England based on the area able to be tilled by one plough with a team of eight oxen in the year.
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Ploughland - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
noun arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops synonyms: cultivated land, farmland, plowland, tillage, tilled land, tilth
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ploughland - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
ploughland (countable and uncountable, plural ploughlands). Land that has been or is meant to be ploughed. (historical) Synonym of carucate.
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PLOUGHLAND definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
1. land that is ploughed for growing crops 2. history a measure of land in parts of England after the Norman conquest, based on the area which could be ...
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Ploughlands - Hull Domesday Project
The ploughland was the amount of land which could be ploughed by an eight-oxen plough team in the course of the year.
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Dek Island
Cheesman continues his description:
Three-quarters of the island is given up to plough, the chief crops being dagusa and teff, both dwarf millets. Plough-land is divided into plots of about an acre, separated from each other by narrow hedges of scrub forest and big trees.
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PLOWLAND Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. Any of various old English units of land area : carucate division of the arable land into units called plowlands, each composed of eight oxgangs.
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Carucate - Wikipedia
The carucate or carrucate was a medieval unit of land area approximating the land a plough team of eight oxen could till in a single annual season.
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The pros and cons of ploughing arable land - AHDB
Ploughing is often the most robust and expensive cultivation option, usually involving pressing and secondary tillage before drilling.
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ploughing the maize field. part 1 - YouTube
This video is one of many I have filmed showing life on our small family run dairy farm in Gloucestershire, England.
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Plough Monday
Lutheran, and Anglican traditions) with prayers for the blessing of human labour, tools, as well as the land. 'Plough Pudding' is a boiled suet pudding, containing meat and onions. It is from Norfolk and is eaten on Plough Monday.
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Plough Sunday
Plough Sunday celebrations usually involve bringing a ploughshare into a church with prayers for the blessing of the land. Accordingly, work in the fields did not begin until the day after Plough Sunday: Plough Monday.
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Plough (disambiguation)
Plough or The Plough may also refer to:
Science and technology
The Plough, or the Big Dipper, an asterism in the constellation of Ursa Major
Plough (instrument ), a type of backstaff, a device used for celestial navigation
Plough (unit), or carucate, a medieval unit of land area
Plough, a device on electric trams
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Ard (plough)
The ard, ard plough, or scratch plough is a simple light plough without a mouldboard. deeper into the soil and more effectively clears virgin or fallow land.
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