Obs. a. A level plain. OE. only. b. Level and unenclosed land.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Deut. i. 7. Faraþ to Amorrea dune & to oþrum feld landum.
1669. J. Worlidge, Syst. Agric. (1681), 35. That which lies obvious to the extremities of Cold or Heat, as is most of the Champain or Field-land.
1707. Mortimer, Husb., 235. Field-Lands are not exempted from Mill-dews, nor yet from Smut.
1710. Lond. Gaz., No. 4674/7, 65. Acres of Pasture inclosed, and 80 Acres of Field Land.