Meaning & use
Fallowing
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Leaving farmland unplanted for a season or more so that it can regain fertility.
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The farmer practiced fallowing on a third of his fields each year to let the soil recover.
Fallowing the vineyard after the drought helped restore nutrients to the depleted soil.
A note on using this word
Fallowing was a core part of traditional crop-rotation systems, such as the medieval three-field system, before modern fertilizers became common.
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resting land
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