† thoroughedadj.
Agriculture. Obsolete.
With modifier indicating quantity. Of a strip of land: that has been ploughed into a stated number of furrows.
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1732 W. Ellis Pract. Farmer 50 When Ground by often sowing of Clover, is become clung and sour, the best way is to plough it up the beginning of Winter into four-thorough'd Lands.
1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 106 The Ground may be so gathered into a four Thorough'd-stitch or Ridge.
1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 322 Sowing of Wheat, Barly, Peas, Beans, or Oats, in six or eight Thorough'd Lands.
?1781 J. Ringsted Farmer Addenda 157 Make another as before, which forms a four-thoroughed stitch.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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