tillage
noun
- cultivation of land by plow
- land that has been tilled
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈtɪlɪd͡ʒ/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English tillage; by surface analysis, till + -age.
- The cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing and raising crops.
- Land cultivated in this way.
“Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.”
- The act or process of soil disturbance as a part of farming; especially, types of disturbance requiring draft animals or machinery for power.