# ploughland

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Land that has been or is meant to be ploughed.
2. Synonym of carucate.

## Etymology
From Middle English plowelond, plouȝ-lond, plow-land, equivalent to plough + land. Compare German Pflugland, Old Norse plógsland (“ploughland”).

## Source
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