n. [ AS. til&unr_;, fr. tilian to till. See Till to cultivate. ] 1. The state of being tilled, or prepared for a crop; culture; as, land is good tilth. [ 1913 Webster ]
The tilth and rank fertility of its golden youth. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. That which is tilled; tillage ground. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
And so by tilth and grange . . . We gained the mother city. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]