arable


2arable

noun

Definition of ARABLE

chiefly British
: land fit or used for the growing of crops; also : a plot of such land <the village arable of Anglo-Saxon times>

First Known Use of ARABLE

1576

Other Agriculture/Gardening Terms

fallow, graft, heirloom, loam, potash, soilage, swath, tilth, windfall

Rhymes with ARABLE

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