1817 T. Forster Synoptical Catal. (new ed.) in (ed. 6) 72 Fieldfare. [Note] That is, field-faring bird.
1869 A. D. Whitney III. iv. 81 Up above were the dust and hurry and toil of high roads and field-faring men; here it was holy holiday, always.
1875 R. Jefferies in Sept. 382 (title) Field-faring women.
1928 N. Douglas viii. 62 I have known these field-faring men and women for thirty years, and have yet to hear a single one of them grumble at the weather.