fieldlore en · NOUN
Etymology
From field + lore.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Knowledge or skill gained in the fields; knowledge of rural pursuits.
And he often wrote long formless pieces full of place-names and of fieldlore charmingly expressed, songs uttering his love and his pathetic joy in retrospection, poems mingling the two elements.
2002, Mark Storey, John Clare: The Critical Heritage - Page 317:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| field lore | alternative | lexicographic | |
| field-lore | alternative | lexicographic |