a field that has beentilled and not kept for grass.
1853. Chas. St. Julian and Ed. K. Silvester, `The Productions,Industry, and Resources of New South Wales,' p. 170:
«Few stations of any magnitude are without their `cultivationpaddocks,' where grain and vegetables are raised . . .»
1860. A Lady, `My Experiences in Australia,' p. 173:
«Besides this large horse paddock, there was a space cleared oftrees, some twenty to thirty acres in extent, on the banks ofthe creek, known as the `Cultivation Paddock,' where in formerdays my husband had grown a sufficient supply of wheat for homeconsumption.»
1893. `The Argus,' June 17, p. 13, col. 4:
«How any man could have been such an idiot as to attempt tomake a cultivation paddock on a bed of clay passed all myknowledge.'
I. 1) In England, a small field; in Australia,the general word for any field, or for any block of l...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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