1771 J. R. Forster tr. P. Kalm II. 77 They [sc. birds] assemble by thousands in the maize-fields, and live at discretion.
1855 H. W. Longfellow xiii. 176 All around the happy village Stood the maize-fields.
1988 J. Cartwright xii. 141 The abandoned maize fields had become thick tracts of choking weed.
2006 (Nexis) 1 Jan. 8 Elephants had been trampling his maize field and so he decided to fight back.