Dictionary entry

Tilth

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Tilth (?), n. [AS. til�, fr. tilian to till. See Till to cultivate.] 1. The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture; as, land is good tilth.

The tilth and rank fertility of its golden youth. De Quincey.

2. That which is tilled; tillage ground.

And so by tilth and grange...

We gained the mother city. Tennyson.