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tillage

[ til-ij ]

/ ˈtɪl ɪdʒ /

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noun

the operation, practice, or art of tilling land.

tilled land.

Origin of tillage

First recorded in 1480–90; till² + -age

Words nearby tillage

till eulenspiegel, till hell freezes over, till money, till the cows come home, tillable, tillage, tillamook bay, tillandsia, tiller, tillerman, tilley

Example sentences from the Web for tillage

As might be expected, tillage is scanty, and the population depend much on imported food.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 71, No. 437, March 1852 |Various
They are, no doubt, less now than they were originally, owing to the effects of time and tillage.

Y Gododin |Aneurin
How the tillage and culture of New England or Ohio would crown those swells of land with sheaves of grain!

The Boys of '61 |Charles Carleton Coffin.
The mechanical operations of tillage, especially with reference to the control of soil water.

The First Book of Farming |Charles L. Goodrich

There was more pasture than tillage; and the pasture land was not fenced in, but was grazed in common.

A Reading Book in Irish History |P. W. Joyce

British Dictionary definitions for tillage

tillage

/ (ˈtɪlɪdʒ) /

noun

the act, process, or art of tilling

tilled land