trifallow

trifallow

English

Etymology

From tri- +‎ fallow. Compare thryfallow.

Verb

trifallow (third-person singular simple present trifallows, present participle trifallowing, simple past and past participle trifallowed)

1. (obsolete, rare) To plough (land) the third time before sowing.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for trifallow in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)