Arable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arable \Ar"a*ble\, a. [F. arable, L. arabilis, fr. arare to
     plow, akin to Gr. ?, E. ear, to plow. See {Earable}.]
     Fit for plowing or tillage; -- hence, often applied to land
     which has been plowed or tilled.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arable \Ar"a*ble\, n.
     Arable land; plow land.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  arable
       adj : (of farmland) capable of being farmed productively [syn: {cultivable},
              {cultivatable}, {tillable}]