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ploughland

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Noun1.ploughlandploughland - arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
plowland, tillage, tilled land, cultivated land, farmland, tilth
fallow - cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons
land, soil, ground - material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil"
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ploughland plowland (US) [ˈplaʊlænd] N → tierra f de labrantío, tierra f labrantía


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Over the ploughland riding was utterly impossible; the horse could only keep a foothold where there was ice, and in the thawing furrows he sank deep in at each step.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
At last he climbed a fence, thinking to drop into the road, and found himself staggering, instead, among the iron furrows of a ploughland, endless, it seemed, as a whole county.
Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
Casson's agreed over their pipes that no man in his senses would take the Chase Farm unless there was a bit more ploughland laid to it.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
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