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English
Etymology
From Middle English tilthe, from Old English tilþ, tilþe, corresponding to till + -th.
Pronunciation
Noun
tilth (countable and uncountable, plural tilths)
- Agricultural labour; husbandry.
- The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture.
The land is in good tilth and ready to plant.
- Cultivated land
1945, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun, HarperCollins, published 2019, →ISBN, page 11:Escaped from thicket and from fen at last he saw the tilth of men.
- Rich cultivated soil.
1954, Doris Lessing, A Proper Marriage, HarperPerennial, published 1995, page 333: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.
Derived terms
Translations
agricultural labour; husbandry
the state of being tilled
Middle English
Noun
tilth
- Alternative form of tilthe