tillage
English
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#TILLAGECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#TILLAGE tillage; by surface analysis, tillCategory:English links with manual fragments#TILLAGE + -ageCategory:English terms suffixed with -age#TILLAGE.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɪlɪd͡ʒ/Category:English 2-syllable words#TILLAGECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#TILLAGE
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#TILLAGEAudio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪlɪdʒCategory:Rhymes:English/ɪlɪdʒ#TILLAGECategory:Rhymes:English/ɪlɪdʒ/2 syllables#TILLAGE
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#TILLAGEAudio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: till‧age
Noun
tillage (countable and uncountable, plural tillages)Category:English lemmas#TILLAGECategory:English nouns#TILLAGECategory:English uncountable nouns#TILLAGECategory:English countable nouns#TILLAGECategory:English countable nouns#TILLAGECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#TILLAGECategory:Pages with entries#TILLAGECategory:Pages with 1 entry#TILLAGE
- The cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing and raising crops.
- Synonyms: cultivating, cultivation
- Land cultivated in this way.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 13:23:
- Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.Category:English terms with quotations#TILLAGE
- The act or process of soil disturbance as a part of farming; especially, types of disturbance requiring draft animals or machinery for power.
- Antonyms: no-till, no-tillage
- Hyponyms: cultivating, cultivationCategory:English links with manual fragments#TILLAGE, harrowing, hoeing, mattocking, picking, ploughing, plowing, raking, rototilling, shoveling