All 3 Uses of
arable
in
Anna Karenina
- The further he rode, the happier he became, and plans for the land rose to his mind each better than the last; to plant all his fields with hedges along the southern borders, so that the snow should not lie under them; to divide them up into six fields of arable and three of pasture and hay; to build a cattle yard at the further end of the estate, and to dig a pond and to construct movable pens for the cattle as a means of manuring the land.†
Part 2
- A small part of the land—the worst part—he let out for rent, while a hundred acres of arable land he cultivated himself with his family and two hired laborers.†
Part 3 *
- The cattle-yard, the garden, hay fields, and arable land, divided into several parts, had to be made into separate lots.†
Part 3
Definition:
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(arable) of land: capable of being farmed productively