Definitions for: Tilth


[n] arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
[n] the state of aggregation of soil and its condition for supporting plant growth



Webster (1913) Definition: Tilth, n. [AS. til?, fr. tilian to till. See Till to
cultivate.]
1. The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop;
culture; as, land is good tilth.

The tilth and rank fertility of its golden youth.
--De Quincey.

2. That which is tilled; tillage ground. [R.]

And so by tilth and grange . . . We gained the
mother city. --Tennyson.

Synonyms: cultivated land, farmland, ploughland, plowland, tillage, tilled land

See Also: condition, fallow, ground, land, soil, status

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