tillage

[ til-ij ]

noun

1. the operation, practice, or art of tilling till land.
2. tilled till land.

tillage

/ ˈtɪlɪdʒ /

noun

1. the act, process, or art of tilling
2. tilled land

Word History and Origins

Origin of tillage¹

First recorded in 1480–90; till ² + -age

Example Sentences

The practice of tillage — churning the ground to destroy weeds and facilitate the planting of next year’s crop — has depleted the very earth from which our food is grown.

From Washington Post

It contains directions for draining, clearing, and inclosing a farm, and for enriching the soil and reducing it to tillage.

From Project Gutenberg

The acts to prevent the landholder from oppressing the occupier, and those for the encouragement of tillage, failed.

From Project Gutenberg

The soil was mainly mountain land and meagrely productive under toilsome and careful tillage.

From Project Gutenberg

The ground was so favorable for tillage, that twenty men labored at an acre and a half in one day.

From Project Gutenberg

As a means of breaking up the ground the plough is infinitely superior; for tillage and cultivation the hoe is far more useful.

From Project Gutenberg

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