Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To plow and let lie fallow; plow and work repeatedly in summer to prepare for wheat or other crop.
- Lying fallow during the summer.
- noun Naked fallow; land lying bāre of crops in summer, but frequently plowed, harrowed, and rolled, so as to pulverize it and clean it of weeds.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To plow and work in summer, in order to prepare for wheat or other crop; to plow and let lie fallow.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
plough andwork insummer , in order to prepare forwheat or othercrop ; to plough and let liefallow .
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Examples
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He afterward went to plow his summer-fallow, but I made the soil so hard that the plow could scarcely penetrate it.
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He afterward went to plow his summer-fallow, but I made the soil so hard that the plow could scarcely penetrate it.
Ivan the Fool 2003
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The space left vacant by his daughter he filled with extra energy driving the great ploughs through the mellow summer-fallow.
The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West Robert J. C. Stead 1919
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He afterward went to plow his summer-fallow, but I made the soil so hard that the plow could scarcely penetrate it.
Chapter II 1917
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Where moisture is in scant supply, and a soil is thin, there continue instances of the summer-fallow.
Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Alva Agee 1900
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August partakes of the nature of the old-fashioned summer-fallow.
Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Alva Agee 1900
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He af - terward went to plow his summer-fallow, but I made the soil so hard that the plow could scarcely penetrate it.
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories [a machine-readable transcription] 1890
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Another important matter which claimed the farmer's attention at this time was the preparation of his summer-fallow for fall wheat.
Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Haight, Canniff, 1825-1901 1885
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Another important matter which claimed the farmer's attention at this time was the preparation of his summer-fallow for fall wheat.
Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian Canniff Haight 1863
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Unless this is done, we must summer-fallow more, on the heavier clay soils, sow less oats and barley; or we must, on the lighter soils, raise and plow under more clover, or feed it out on the farm, being careful to save and apply the manure.
Talks on Manures A Series of Familiar and Practical Talks Between the Author and the Deacon, the Doctor, and other Neighbors, on the Whole Subject Joseph Harris 1860
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