plough-land noun. ['plaʊland] Also (now arch. & N. Amer.) plow-land. ME.
[from PLOUGH noun + LAND noun¹.]
1. Hist. A measure of land used in the northern and eastern counties of England after the Norman Conquest, based on the area able to be tilled by one plough-team of eight oxen in the year. Cf. HIDE noun². ME.

2. (A piece of) land under cultivation with the plough; arable land. M16.

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