tilth
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English tilthe, from Old English tilþ, tilþe, corresponding to till + -th.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tilth (countable and uncountable, plural tilths)
- Agricultural labour; husbandry.
- The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture.
- The land is in good tilth and ready to plant.
- Rich cultivated soil.
- 1954, Doris Lessing, A Proper Marriage, HarperPerennial 1995, p. 333:
- One morning she was kneeling on an old grain sack on the wet black soil, turning the thick rich tilth over and smoothing it ready for the new lettuces.
- 1954, Doris Lessing, A Proper Marriage, HarperPerennial 1995, p. 333:
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
the state of being tilled
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Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
tilth
- Alternative form of tilthe
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