fielden

See also: Fielden

English

Alternative forms

• fieldone

Etymology

From field +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfiːldən/

Adjective

fielden (comparative more fielden, superlative most fielden)

1. (obsolete) Pertaining to the countryside; rural. [15th–18th c.]
2. Characterized by open fields and an agricultural economy; agricultural. [from 17th c.]
   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 160:

     Religious ignorance was probably particularly common in the heath and forest areas, where society was less rigid and disciplined than in the stable, nucleated villages of the fielden communities.

   • 1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 33:

     The reader should remember that husbandmen in fielden parishes formed a majority of the rural population.

Noun

fielden

1. (obsolete) Field land. [17th–18th c.]

Anagrams

• Enfield, enfiled, lifened, line fed