fallow
adjective
[ ˈfaləʊ ]
• (of farmland) ploughed and harrowed but left for a period without being sown in order to restore its fertility or to avoid surplus production.
• "incentives for farmers to let land lie fallow"
Similar:
uncultivated,
unploughed,
untilled,
unplanted,
unsown,
unseeded,
unused,
undeveloped,
dormant,
resting,
empty,
bare,
virgin,
neglected,
untended,
unmaintained,
unmanaged,
• (of a sow) not pregnant.
fallow
noun
• a piece of fallow land.
• "a great estate was usually divided between fallows, grazed stubble, and wheat"
fallow
verb
• leave (land) fallow for a period.
• "fallow the ground for a week or so after digging"
Origin:
Old English fealgian ‘to break up land for sowing’, of Germanic origin; related to Low German falgen .
fallow
noun
• a pale brown or reddish yellow colour.
• "possible feather colours include fallows, pieds, and yellows"
Origin:
Old English falu, fealu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vaal and German fahl, falb .
