Medieval Glossary

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A method of sowing the seed of grains in which the sower walks up and down the fields, casting seed in an arc in front of him.

Related term(s): Harrowing; Coulter; Plowshare; Moldboard
Category: Agriculture
Added: 01.05.05
Source information: Singman, Jeffrey L. Daily Life in Medieval Europe. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1999. 95.

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