unhusbandedadj.
1. Not improved by husbandry; untilled, uncultivated:
a. Of ground.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] > cultivated > not
untameda1340
unhusbanded1538
undressed1611
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Incultus, a place vnhusbanded or vntilled.
1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 122 No foote of land is left vnhusbanded.
1628 C. Robson Newes from Aleppo 13 The vnhusbanded plaines, for many miles together blame their stupidity.
1654 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Bentivoglio Compl. Hist. Warrs Flanders 134 Other little islands..are almost nameless, as being almost unhusbanded.
1894 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Nov. 2/3 Dwellers for the more part in remote, unhusbanded districts.
b. Of plants or trees.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [adjective] > cultivated > not
unhusbanded1615
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey ii. 116 A desert producing here and there a few vnhusbanded Palmes.
1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. v. 119 I haue beheld A widdow Vine..Vnhusbanded, neglected, all forlorne.
1620 J. Brinsley tr. Virgil Eclogues iv. 43/2 The great brambles vnhusbanded [or vntrimmed, or not cut] but wilde.
1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta II. 184 I went..to dig up off-sets of unhusbanded young palms.
2. Not provided with a husband.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [adjective] > without a husband
lordlessOE
sole1464
uncovert1485
lone1548
discovert1632
unhusbanded1797
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Unhusbanded,..not provided with a husband.]
1797 R. Southey Hannah in Eng. Eclogues 19 She bore unhusbanded a mother's pains.
1879 G. Meredith Egoist xxxii He considered himself to have been too lenient to the wine of an unhusbanded hostess.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
<
adj.1538