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Tilth

noun

The state of aggregation of soil and its condition for supporting plant growth.

Arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops. Synonyms: cultivated land, farmland, ploughland, plowland, tillage, tilled land.

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"Tilth" Quotes from Famous Books

... farthest into the subjacent plain, by way of security against the attack of enemies. This is the beginning of almost every great historical European town; it is an arx or acropolis overhanging its own tilth or ager; and though in many cases the town came down at last into the valley, retaining still its old name, yet the remains of the old earthworks or walls on the hill-top above often bear witness ...

— Science in Arcady • Grant Allen

Words linked to "Tilth" : soil, cultivated land, land, fallow, ploughland, condition, status, ground