open-field

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adjective

1
: of, relating to, or constituting a system of agriculture widely practised in medieval Europe and based upon dividing the arable land into unenclosed strips usually subject to a 3-year rotation and upon distributing it among different cultivators
2
of a football player : notably capable of gaining yardage in a broken field
an open-field runner

open field

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noun

1
: broken field
2
: an unhampered chance
given an open field to experiment

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“Open-field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open-field. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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