Tilth Definition

tĭlth
noun
A tilling or being tilled; cultivation of land.
Webster's New World
Tilled land.
Webster's New World
Tilled earth.
American Heritage
The fitness of soil for cultivation, as measured by its structure and composition.
American Heritage
The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture.
The land is in good tilth and ready to plant.
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Other Word Forms of Tilth

Noun

Singular:
tilth
Plural:
tilths

Origin of Tilth

  • Middle English from Old English from tilian to labor

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old English tilian

    From Wiktionary

Tilth Sentence Examples

  • If the tenant neglected to reclaim the land the Code enacted that he must hand it over in good tilth and fixed a statutory rent.

  • During this period, until the plants begin to ripen, the tilth is maintained and weeds checked first by horse cultivators or horsehoes, and, as the plants increase in size, by hand labour.

  • Every effort should be made to prepare a good mealy tilth by suitable ploughing, harrowing and consolidation.

  • It tends to improve the tilth and the capillarity of the soil by binding sands together somewhat and by opening up clays.

  • It is this power of creating a more crumbly tilth on stiff clays that makes lime so valuable to the farmer.

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Words Starting With

TTITIL

Words Ending With

HTHLTH

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