v. Obs. [f. TWI- + FALLOW v.2] trans. To fallow twice; to fallow a second time; to plow up (land) a second time in the course of its lying fallow. Hence † Twifallowing vbl. sb.; also Twifallow sb.
1557. Tusser, 100 Points Husb., lxxviii. In May at the furdest, twy fallow thy lande. Ibid. (1573), Husb. (1878), 114. Twifallow once ended, get tumbrell and man, And compas that fallow as soone as ye can.
1577. B. Googe, Heresbach’s Husb., I. (1586), 22 b. For some seede, you must not only twyfallowe and threefallowe your ground, but also fourefallow it.
1610. Folkingham, Art of Survey, I. xi. 43. Orders and seasons for fallowing, twifallowing, trifallowing and seed-furre.
1707. Mortimer, Husb. (1721), I. 155. The Land being fallowed in May, must be twy-fallowed in June.
1725. Bradley’s Fam. Dict., s.v. Plough, The Times of the second plowing is about June, it bears the Name of Twy-fallowing. Ibid., s.v. Barley, Some at the Time of Twy-fallowing in June make the Land very fine.
1733. Miller, Gard. Dict., s.v. Rapa, The Land … should be ploughed in May, and twy-fallow’d in June.
1890. Glouc. Gloss., Twy-fallow, the second ploughing.
