noun
or plough·land ˈ ̷ ̷ˌland
Etymology: Middle English plowlond, from plow, plough plow + land, lond land
1. : any of various old English units of land area : carucate
division of the arable land into units called plowlands, each … composed of eight “oxgangs” — F.M.Stenton
2.
a. : arable land
a third of the plowland — World Report
b. : a plot of such land
a green hillock at the edge of a plowland — John Drinkwater