Definition of PLOUGHLAND

ploughland

Meanings

Plural: ploughlands

Noun

  • arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
  • Land that has been or is meant to be ploughed.
  • Synonym of carucate.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English plowelond, plouȝ-lond, plow-land, equivalent to plough + land. Compare German Pflugland, Old Norse plógsland (“ploughland”).

Synonyms

carucate, cultivated land, farmland, plowland, tillage, tilled land, tilth

Scrabble Score: 17

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Words With Friends Score: 22

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