tillableadj.

/ˈtɪləb(ə)l/

Etymology: < till v.¹ + -able suffix.

Capable of being tilled or cultivated; usually, capable of being ploughed, arable.

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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] > broken > arable

arablec1400

earablea1450

labourable1481

ploughable1570

tillable1571

1571 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Poore Mans Garden To Rdr. sig. A.4 The earth then remayned to man as a thing tillable.

1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. x. 26 Wee found it scarce tillable with a strong Teeme of Oxen.

1784 J. Twamley Dairying Exemplified 22 The greater number of Dairys are on Tillable or Arable Farms.

1810 G. Chalmers Caledonia II. ii. vii. 135 The most common divisions of tillable lands were carucates, or plough lands, and bovates, or oxgangs.

1893 J. W. Hoff 200 Miles on Delaware River 125 The cultivated and tillable soil..in this region is formed from decayed rock.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	tillable
释义	tillableadj. /ˈtɪləb(ə)l/ Etymology: < till v.¹ + -able suffix. Capable of being tilled or cultivated; usually, capable of being ploughed, arable. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] > broken > arable arablec1400 earablea1450 labourable1481 ploughable1570 tillable1571 1571 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Poore Mans Garden To Rdr. sig. A.4 The earth then remayned to man as a thing tillable. 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. x. 26 Wee found it scarce tillable with a strong Teeme of Oxen. 1784 J. Twamley Dairying Exemplified 22 The greater number of Dairys are on Tillable or Arable Farms. 1810 G. Chalmers Caledonia II. ii. vii. 135 The most common divisions of tillable lands were carucates, or plough lands, and bovates, or oxgangs. 1893 J. W. Hoff 200 Miles on Delaware River 125 The cultivated and tillable soil..in this region is formed from decayed rock. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1571
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