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open-field

open-field adjective: of a farming system, in which each manor or village had two or three large fields divided into narrow strips of land individually cultivated by tenants or serfs.

Adjective

open-field (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Of a farming system, in which each manor or village had two or three large fields divided into narrow strips of land individually cultivated by tenants or serfs.
  2. Of a player, capable of obtaining yardage in a broken field.

Words formed from open-field

Phrases with open-field

Questions about open-field

What does open-field mean?
Open-field means of a farming system, in which each manor or village had two or three large fields divided into narrow strips of land individually cultivated by tenants or serfs.
What part of speech is open-field?
Open-field is an adjective.

Words near open-field in the dictionary

  1. open-eyed
  2. open-face
  3. open-faced
  4. open-faced sandwich
  5. open-faced sandwiches
  6. open-field
  7. open-field system
  8. open-field systems
  9. open-field test
  10. open-field tests
  11. open-hand

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