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fallow†
Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1an.
a tract of land on which the trees and brush have been chopped down for burning (def. 1).
See: burning(def. 1)
Quotations
1826
On Jabez telling me we would need somebody to teach us how to handle oxen and to burn a fallow, I went to see Sloot, and bargained with him for a week's work.
1845
After this first burn, a fallow presents a blackened scene of desolation and confusion. . . .
1852
A logging-bee followed the burning of the fallow as a matter of course.
1905
During a dry spell in summer, a day was set for the "burn," when the piles in the "fallow" were set on fire.
1bn.
a tract marked off for chopping (def. 1).
See: chopping(def. 1)
Quotations
1853
"We set sail the first o' May, an' were here in time to chop a sma' fallow for our fall crop."
1902
A fallow of ten acres was staked off into one acre parcels and when a teamster and a gang got their acre logged the day's work was . . . at an end with that gang.
2n.
a tract of land that has just been cleared of trees and is in crop or ready for planting.
Quotations
1826
All week we worked at getting crop into the fallow.
1845
. . . our fallow [is] fenced and filled . . . the buckwheat spreading its broad leaves, and the vines of the pumpkin and cucumbers running along the rich soil. . . .