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under the plough en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of a field, tilled by a plough and thus being actively used for cropping.
   • At the end of long days he would lean heavily on the handle, and regarding the patches he had rung with a look of satisfaction, would say to his wife: [...] ‘We’ll have twenty acres cleared and under the plough in no time.’ 1911, ‘Steel Rudd’, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 29: