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rowen en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹaʊən/

Etymology

From Middle English rewayn, from Anglo-Norman rewain, from an Old Northern French variant of Old French regain (“an increase”), from re- + gaigner (“to till, win”). The alternative forms represent replacement of unanalysable final /ən/ with the more tractable suffixes -et, -ing; roughing presumably relies on a lost pronunciation of rough as /ˈɹaʊ/.

Meanings

1. (archaic) A second crop of hay (within a growing season).
2. A stubble field left unploughed until late in the autumn, so that it can be cropped by cattle.
   • For the wintering of cattle, about September you must turn them out that you design to keep up for a winter or a spring market, and your cows, that give milk into your rowens, till snow or a hard frost comes, and they will need no fodder. 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:

Forms

Antonyms

beforemath · foremath

Relateds

stover

Synonyms

aftermath · lattermath

Translations (5)

ota بوزاغیلق (Translations) · it guaime (Translations) · bg отава (Translations) · enm rewayn (Translations) · fi äpäre (Translations)

rowen en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹaʊən/

Meanings

1. (Scotland, alt-of, countable, dated, uncountable) Dated form of roving (“an elongate bundle of fiber”).
   alt of roving

Forms