| 单词 | plough day |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplough day plough day n. †(a) a day on which the tenant was bound to plough for his lord (obsolete); (b) = Plough Monday n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > celebration plough feast1355 Plough Monday1498 plough day1550 plough-witch Monday1827 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > ploughing as part of rent > day set aside for custom-day1518 plough day1550 1550 in 7th Rep. Deputy Keeper Public Records Ireland (1875) 94 in Parl. Papers (C. 1175) XLI. 821 [From every husbandman] vi ploughe daies, vi cart daies, iii men for a daie to repp corne in harvest. 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) i. vi. 20 From Plow-day, which is euer the Munday after Twelfth-day, till S. Valentines day. 1735 Compl. Eng. Copyholder II. 549 The Freeholders were bound to three Plough-Days for the Lord with one Plough, which was then valued at 12 d. 1891 Eng. Hist. Rev. 6 72 He was..to give one plough-day for each plough on his lands. 2002 UK Newsquest Regional Press (London) (Nexis) 30 Dec. Tradition dictates that all decorations should be removed by Twelfth Night, January 6 also known as Plough Day, a reminder that people should be getting back to some hard work after the end of year festivities. < as lemmas |
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