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Summer-fallow [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Naked fallow; land lying bare of crops in summer.

Summer-fallow [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To plow and work repeatedly in summer, to prepare for wheat or other crop.

Summer-fallow [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To plow and work in summer, in order to prepare for wheat or other crop; to plow and let lie fallow.