tillage

noun till·age \ˈti-lij\

: the activity or process of preparing land for growing crops

Full Definition of TILLAGE

: the operation of tilling land

: cultivated land

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15th century

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noun till·age \ˈti-lij\

: the practice of working land by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on

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