ˈtilth also -ltth noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from tilian to till + -th — more at till
1.
a. : the act, work, or occupation of tilling : cultivation of the soil : tillage
the tilth of the land
b. : mental or spiritual cultivation
children without the tilth of kindness — Francis Hackett
2. : cultivated land as distinguished from pasture, woodland, and waste land : plowland
gradual extension of tilth drove the woods farther up the hills — Benjamin Farrington
3. : the state of being tilled : condition when tilled
land in good tilth
4.
a. : surface soil as prepared for sowing or planting : the depth of friable earth
have never known the plow furrows break down so readily to a nice tilth — Country Life
b. : the state of aggregation of a soil
a fine tilth is desirable — New Zealand Journal of Agric.