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† ˈearable, a. Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: 5–7 erable, 5 errabull, 6–7 errable, (herabul), ereable, 6–7 earable.
[f. ear v.1 + -able.]
Capable of being ploughed; fit for tillage. Also absol. as quasi-n. Cf. arable.
1475Caxton Jason (1477) 118 Good londe erable and fayr medowes plente. 1486Bk. St. Albans E vj, On felde or in errabull londe. 1552Huloet, Ereable, or rather arable lande. 1598R. Grenewey Tacitus' Germanie iii. (1622) 265 Their earable land they change by yeeres. 1693W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. 516 Earable, arabilis. |