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land-end Now dial.
A piece of ground at the end of a ‘land’ in a ploughed field. (See also quots. 1877, 1893.)
1555Stanford Churchw. Acc., Antiquary XVII. 119/2 For Reping doune ye corne yt growyde at mens landds endds y⊇ wich was sooyd to farre upon the comon viijd. 1610Quarter Sess. Rec. in N.R. Record Soc. I. 202 (N.W. Linc. Gloss.) Tho. Skelton..tooke vjd a daie..and a land end of grass besides, of Geo. Osborne of the same. 1624Rental in Sheffield Gloss., Rich. Shirtclyffe had 8 land ends at will vijs. 1870in E. Peacock Ralf Skirl. III. xv. 240 An' the eller tree blossoms like snaw was besprent On the land ends 'at ligs by the side o' the Trent. 1877N.W. Linc. Gloss., Land-ends, (1) small portions of cultivated land between the Trent bank and the road, at the ends of the lands in the open fields, more commonly called groves. 1893Northumbld. Gloss., Landin, Land-end, the end of a ridge or of a furrow in ploughing, or of a drill in drilling..where it meets the heedrig. 1899Dickinson & Prevost Cumberld. Gloss., Heedlin'... Land end, head rig or head⁓land, or those butts in a ploughed field which lie at right angles to the general direction of the others. |