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ploughland
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Noun1.ploughland - arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising cropsploughland - arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
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] Ntierra f de labrantío, tierra f labrantía


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An army marching down a muddy road would not be deterred by an enemy road-block because it would get hardly any muddier if it marched cross-country to get round the enemy positions; a much larger army, loaded in railway wagons, would be considerably delayed if it had to detrain and march with all its equipment fifty miles across ploughlands to the next railway line.
Many years ago you converted your ploughlands into pasture: that did a bad turn to your country, which you depopulated in the process.
 
 
 
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