单词 | fallow break |
释义 | > as lemmasfallow break fallow break n. chiefly Scottish a tract of land which has been left fallow (see break n.1 12).Now likely to be apprehended as a use of fallow adj.2 ΚΠ 1784 A. Wight Present State Husbandry in Scotl. III: Pt. i. 102 I have sown pease on the fallow break of land, and cut them when in full bloom. 1808 Caled. Mercury 29 Sept. (advt.) The in-coming tenant will have liberty to plough the fallow break [6 Oct. fallow-break] on this farm after Martinmas. 1853 Encycl. Brit. II. 290/2 Raking off the weeds at once from so much of the fallow-break as it is wished to manure before winter. 1945 Scotsman 19 Apr. 1/6 (advt.) Entry and occupation to fallow break, grassland and houses at Whitsunday 1945. < as lemmas |
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