Word Meanings - CARPETWAY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A border of greensward left round the margin of a plowed field. Ray.
Related words: (words related to CARPETWAY)
- FIELD
The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon it. See Illust. of Fess, where the field is represented as gules , while the fess is argent . 6. An unresticted or favorable opportunity - MARGINALIA
Marginal notes. - ROUNDWORM
A nematoid worm. - FIELDING
The act of playing as a fielder. - ROUNDISH
Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure. -- Round"ish*ness, n. - ROUNDABOUTNESS
The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness. - MARGINALLY
In the margin of a book. - PLOWFOOT; PLOUGHFOOT
An adjustable staff formerly attached to the plow beam to determine the depth of the furrow. Piers Plowman. - ROUNDFISH
Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders, sole, halibut, and other flatfishes. A lake whitefish , less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska. - ROUND-UP
The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around them and driving them in. - MARGINAL
1. Of or pertaining to a margin. 2. Written or printed in the margin; as, a marginal note or gloss. - FIELDY
Open, like a field. Wyclif. - PLOWGATE; PLOUGHGATE
The Scotch equivalent of the English word plowland. Not having one plowgate of land. Sir W. Scott. - ROUNDSMAN
A patrolman; also, a policeman who acts as an inspector over the rounds of the patrolmen. - MARGINATED
See A - PLOWTAIL; PLOUGHTAIL
The hind part or handle of a plow. - FIELDPIECE
A cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also field gun. - ROUNDHEADED
Having a round head or top. - PLOWLAND; PLOUGLAND
the quantity of land allotted for the work of one plow; a hide. (more info) 1. Land that is plowed, or suitable for tillage. - ROUNDHEAD
A nickname for a Puritan. See Roundheads, the, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. Toone. - MISGROUND
To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall. - SNOWPLOW; SNOWPLOUGH
An implement operating like a plow, but on a larger scale, for clearing away the snow from roads, railways, etc. - HOMEFIELD
Afield adjacent to its owner's home. Hawthorne. - TRENCH-PLOW; TRENCH-PLOUGH
To plow with deep furrows, for the purpose of loosening the land to a greater depth than usual. - UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
Wildcat insurance. - GROUNDWORK
That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden. - PLAYGROUND
A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school. - IMBORDER
To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton. - GROUNDEN
p. p. of Grind. Chaucer. - INFIELD
To inclose, as a field.