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ploughland

plough·land

uncommon

noun

1.

arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops

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

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