单词 | seed land |
释义 | > as lemmasseed land seed land n. now historical and rare ground suitable for growing crops; a plot of such ground; in quot. a1634 figurative and attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land raising crops > [noun] seed landa1634 sweet-veld1785 cultivation paddock1837 cultivation1899 a1634 G. Chapman Bussy D'Ambois (1641) i. 4 But his unsweating thrift is policie, And learning-hating policie is ignorant To fit his seed-land soyl. 1732 tr. Frederick William I Edict in Polit. State Great Brit. 43 Mar. 284 The Seed shall be picked up as clean as possible, and the light Seed Lands ploughed before Winter. 1834 E. Mackenzie & M. Ross Hist., Topogr., & Descr. View County Palatine of Durham II. 258 Others prepared the seed land in autumn. 1945 Traditio 3 102 The system of Diocletian only fixed categories of seed land, vineyards land, etc. in order to simplify the taxation. < as lemmas |
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