'Tillage' definitions:

Definition of 'tillage'

(from WordNet)
noun
Arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops [syn: cultivated land, farmland, plowland, ploughland, tilled land, tillage, tilth]
noun
The cultivation of soil for raising crops

Definition of 'Tillage'

From: GCIDE
  • Tillage \Till"age\, n.
  • 1. The operation, practice, or art of tilling or preparing land for seed, and keeping the ground in a proper state for the growth of crops. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A place tilled or cultivated; cultivated land. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Cultivation; culture; husbandry; farming; agriculture. [1913 Webster]