单词 | pastination |
释义 | pastinationn. Now rare. The action of digging in readiness for planting. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > [noun] > digging delfeOE pastining?1440 breaking1514 digging1552 repastination1569 potting1592 pastination1623 spade-work1778 delve1869 dig1887 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii A Deluing, Pastination. 1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Pastination (in Husbandry), the opening, breaking fine, and laying loose of earth in order to be planted. 1807 T. Owen tr. Palladius Fourteen Bks. Agric. i. 48 Those [parts of a garden] that are to be sown in autumn, may be dug in the spring; those which we are to sow in the spring, we ought to dig in autumn. Thus each pastination will be rendered fit for use by having the benefit of cold, or of the sun. 2013 P. Skinner Medieval Amalfi iv. 63 Whilst pastination of empty plots into vineyards continued in the twelfth century, there are occasional references to changes of use. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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