Rowen
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɹaʊən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Rowen is a noun meaning A stubble field left unploughed until late in the autumn, so that it can be cropped by cattle.
Meaning
A stubble field left unploughed until late in the autumn, so that it can be cropped by cattle.
More Meanings
- (Scotland) Dated form of roving (“an elongate bundle of fiber”).
- (archaic) A second crop of hay (within a growing season).
Example Sentences
For the wintering of cattle, about September you must turn them out that you design to keep up for a winter or a spring market, and your cows, that give milk into your rowens, till snow or a hard frost comes, and they will need no fodder.
Word Forms
- rowens
- rowet
- rowett
- rowings
Synonyms for rowen
Depending on context, synonyms include aftermath, lattermath.
Antonyms for rowen
Common opposites include foremath, beforemath.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include aftermath, eatage, cornfield, crop, retropannage, harvest.
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