[See FALLOW v.2] trans. To lay (land) fallow during summer. Also absol. Hence Summer-fallowing vbl. sb. and ppl. a.
1669. Worlidge, Syst. Agric. (1681), 9. For the same reason are the Summer-Fallowings advantageous to the Husbandman.
1760. Brown, Compl. Farmer, II. 11. In Staffordshire, they often give their lands a winter-fallowing, besides the three summer-fallowings.
1765. A. Dickson, Treat. Agric. (ed. 2), 271. The English writers on agriculture, when giving directions about the opening up of grass-ground, always suppose that the land is to be summer-fallowed.
1778. [W. Marshall], Minutes Agric., 6 Feb. 1776. The summer-fallowing Farmer.
1813. Vancouver, Agric. Devon, 158. In the division of Meshaw, it is common to plough clean before Christmas, and summer-fallow for wheat.
1844. Stephens, Bk. Farm, III. 990. That part of the fallow-break which is summer-fallowed.
