Meaning
Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.
Etymology
Origin: Old English
[Alt: A photograph of a ploughed field.] From Middle English falwe, from Old English fealh, fealg (“fallow land”), from Proto-West Germanic *falgu (compare Saterland Frisian Falge, West Frisian falig, felling, Dutch valg, German Felge), from Proto-Indo-European *polḱéh₂ (“arable land”) (compare Gaulish olca, Russian полоса́ (polosá)).
Synonyms & Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
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