unploughingunplowingn.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈplaʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈplaʊɪŋ/ rare.
The action of restoring ploughed land to its original, unploughed condition.In quot. 1736 with reference to the detrimental effects of ploughing ploughed land for a second time.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > returning soil
unploughing1736
1736 J. Tull Suppl. Ess. Horse-hoing Husbandry 229 The Second is a sort of Unploughing, for it turns the Turf the same Side uppermost as before it was ploughed at all.
1997 Daily Tel. 19 Apr. 8/7 [He] even lent a hand with the ‘unploughing’—turning the turves of chalk grassland the right way up again and treading them down.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.1736- to count up
- to count up to ten
- to count upon
- to countenance out
- to coup the crans
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- to bet a cookie
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