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trifallowing

trifallowing is the present participle and gerund of trifallow.

Meaning of trifallow

Verb

trifallow (third-person singular simple present trifallows, present participle trifallowing, simple past and past participle trifallowed)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To plough (land) the third time before sowing.
    • You may yet trifallow, also lay on your compost or Soil , as well on your Barley Land as Wheat Land1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC

Questions about trifallowing

What is trifallowing the present participle and gerund of?
Trifallowing is the present participle and gerund of trifallow.

Words near trifallowing in the dictionary

  1. trifacials
  2. trifactor
  3. trifactorial
  4. trifallow
  5. trifallowed
  6. trifallowing
  7. trifallows
  8. trifan
  9. trifans
  10. trifarious
  11. trifasciated

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