Both Uses of
fallow
in
War and Peace
- Nicholas standing in a fallow field could see all his whips.†
Chpt 7 *
- He had felt it for the first time when the shell spun like a top before him, and he looked at the fallow field, the bushes, and the sky, and knew that he was face to face with death.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(fallow) cultivated land temporarily unplanted -- usually to improve the soil; or anything temporarily inactive or undeveloped