Definitions
Left unplanted for a season.
Word origin
From Middle English falwe, from Old English fealh, fealg (“fallow land”), from Proto-West Germanic *falgu (compare Saterland Frisian Falge, West Frisian falig, felling, Dutch valg, German Felge), from Proto-Indo-European *polḱéh₂ (“arable land”) (compare Gaulish olca, Russian полоса́ (polosá)).
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“a fallow period in one's career”
“After two more homeland hits and a fallow two years, Pickettywitch was parked and junked.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Resting, as farmland”6 letters
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