— arability , n.
/ar"euh beuhl/ , adj.
1. capable of producing crops; suitable for farming; suited to the plow and for tillage: arable land; arable soil.
n.
2. land that can be or is cultivated.
[ 1375-1425; arabilis, equiv. to ara ( re ) to plow + -bilis -BLE; r. late ME erable, equiv. to er ( en ) to plow (OE erian ) + -able -ABLE ]