arable

arable
(a-ra-bl') adj.
Labourable. Les engrais incorporés dans la couche arable.
   XIVe s.
   En cens, en rentes, en terres araules, DU CANGE aralia..
   XVe s.
   Vignes aussi et les terres arables, Moulins tournans, beaus plains à regarder, E. DESCH. le Bois de Vincennes..
   Arabilis, de arare, labourer.

Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. . 1872-1877.

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