sb. [Cf. MLG. wintervalligen, G. winterfalgen.] A lying fallow, or land that lies fallow, during the winter. So Winter-fallow v., trans. to lay (land) fallow during the winter; hence Winter-fallowing vbl. sb.
1707. Mortimer, Husb., 45. The rougher it lies for a Winter fallow the better. Ibid., 47. In Staffordshire they often give their Lands a Winter fallowing, besides the three summer fallowings.
a. 1722. Lisle, Husb. (1757), 54. Spring-corn, for which last three they winter-fallow only.
1763. Museum Rust., I. 33. Let the land be then Winter-fallowed.
1813. Vancouver, Agric. Devon, 166. The wheat-stubbles are … winter-fallowed.
