Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tillage"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tillage \Till"age\, n.
1. The operation, practice, or art of tilling or preparing
land for seed, and keeping the ground in a proper state
for the growth of crops.
2. A place tilled or cultivated; cultivated land.
Syn: Cultivation; culture; husbandry; farming; agriculture.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tillage
n 1: land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
[syn: {cultivated land}, {tilled land}, {tilth}]
2: the cultivation of soil for raising crops
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