Fallow vs Ballow - What's the difference?
fallow | ballow |
(agriculture, uncountable) Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.
(agriculture, uncountable) Uncultivated land.
(agriculture, obsolete, countable) An area of fallow land.
The ploughing or tilling of land, without sowing it for a season.
* Sinclair
(of agricultural land) Ploughed but left unseeded for more than one planting season.
Inactive; undeveloped.
Of a pale red or yellow, light brown; dun.
As nouns the difference between fallow and ballow
is that fallow is (agriculture|uncountable) ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year while ballow is (nautical) deep water inside a shoal or bar or ballow can be (obsolete) a cudgel.As adjectives the difference between fallow and ballow
is that fallow is (of agricultural land) ploughed but left unseeded for more than one planting season or fallow can be of a pale red or yellow, light brown; dun while ballow is (obsolete) round; pot-bellied.As a verb fallow
is to make land fallow for agricultural purposes.fallow
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) falow, from (etyl) ).Noun
- By a complete summer fallow', land is rendered tender and mellow. The ' fallow gives it a better tilth than can be given by a fallow crop.
Derived terms
* bastard fallow * cropped fallow * dead-fallow * ecofallow * fallow-break * fallow chat * fallow crop * fallow-field * fallow finch * fallow ground * fallowist * fallow land * green fallow * pin-fallow * rag-fallow * summer fallow * winter fallowAdjective
(head)Derived terms
* apple-fallow * fallow chat * fallow finch * fallowness * lay fallow * lie fallowDerived terms
* fallowed * fallowing * re-fallow * thry-fallow * trifallow * twifallow, twyfallowEtymology 2
From (etyl) falwe, from (etyl) fealu, from (etyl) 'pale'.Adjective
(en adjective)- a fallow deer or greyhound
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