plowland

3 definitions found

plowland - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Plowland \Plow"land`\, Plougland \Ploug"land`\, n.
     1. Land that is plowed, or suitable for tillage.
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     2. (O. Eng. Law) the quantity of land allotted for the work
        of one plow; a hide.
        [1913 Webster] Plowman

  Plowgate \Plow"gate`\, Ploughgate \Plough"gate`\, n.
     The Scotch equivalent of the English word plowland.
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           Not having one plowgate of land.         --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
     [1913 Webster] Plowhead

plowland - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  plowland
      n 1: arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and
           raising crops [syn: cultivated land, farmland,
           plowland, ploughland, tilled land, tillage,
           tilth]