tillage
noun/ˈtɪlɪd͡ʒ/
Etymology From Middle English tillage; by surface analysis, till + -age.
1
The cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing and raising crops.
2
Land cultivated in this way.
- Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 13:23:
3
The act or process of soil disturbance as a part of farming; especially, types of disturbance requiring draft animals or machinery for power.
- Synonyms
- tilling
- Derived terms
- cotillage, no-tillage, overtillage, tillaged, tillage radish, zero-tillage
- Related terms
- carucage