tilth

noun /tɪlθ/

1. Agricultural labour; husbandry.

   countable, uncountable

2. The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture.

   countable, uncountable

   The land is in good tilth and ready to plant.

3. Cultivated land

   countable, uncountable

   Escaped from thicket and from fen at last he saw the tilth of men.

4. Rich cultivated soil.

   countable, uncountable

   One morning she was kneeling on an old grain sack on the wet black soil, turning the thick rich tilth over and smoothing it ready for the new lettuces.

Where it comes from

From Middle English tilthe, from Old English tilþ, tilþe, corresponding to till + -th (abstract nominal suffix).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry tilth (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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