English Explanatory Dictionary

open-field system

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The prevalent agricultural system in much of Europe during the Middle Ages, in which each manor or village had two or three large fields divided into narrow strips of land individually cultivated by tenants or serfs.

Word forms

open-field system open-field systems

Synonyms

strip farming
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