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Definition of Poachy
1. a. Wet and soft; easily penetrated by the feet of cattle; -- said of land
Definition of Poachy
1. Adjective. Wet and soft; easily penetrated by the feet of cattle; said of land. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Poachy
1. swampy [adj POACHIER, POACHIEST] - See also: swampy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poachy
Literary usage of Poachy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1890)
""What uplands you design for mowing, shut up the beginning of February; but marsh
lands lay not up tilt April, except your marshes be very poachy. ..."
2. Reprinted Glossaries by Walter William Skeat (1879)
"poachy. Swampy. ' Land is said to be poached when it is trodden with holes by
heavy cattle.'—Hal. ' The land ... is very wet and ..."
3. Old Country and Farming Words: Gleaned from Agricultural Books by James Britten (1880)
"The land ... is very wet and poachy in the spring.'—Modern Husbandman, IV. iv.
25 (in a letter to the author; no locality given). ..."
4. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"The land ... is very wet and poachy in the spring.'—Modem Husbandman, IV. iv.
25 (in a letter to the author; no locality given). ..."
5. A Glossary of Dialect & Archaic Words Used in the County of Gloucester by John Drummond Robertson (1890)
"What uplands you design for mowing, shut up the beginning of February ; but marsh
lands lay not up till April, except your marshes be very poachy. ..."
6. Every Man His Own Cattle Doctor: Containing the Causes, Symptoms, and by Francis Clater, Edward Mayhew (1853)
"It prevails, or rather it is found only, in boggy, poachy ground. On upland
pasture, with a light sandy soil, it is never seen; and in good sound pasture, ..."
7. Publications by English Dialect Society (1890)
""What uplands you design for mowing, shut up the beginning of February; but marsh
lands lay not up tilt April, except your marshes be very poachy. ..."
8. Reprinted Glossaries by Walter William Skeat (1879)
"poachy. Swampy. ' Land is said to be poached when it is trodden with holes by
heavy cattle.'—Hal. ' The land ... is very wet and ..."
9. Old Country and Farming Words: Gleaned from Agricultural Books by James Britten (1880)
"The land ... is very wet and poachy in the spring.'—Modern Husbandman, IV. iv.
25 (in a letter to the author; no locality given). ..."
10. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"The land ... is very wet and poachy in the spring.'—Modem Husbandman, IV. iv.
25 (in a letter to the author; no locality given). ..."
11. A Glossary of Dialect & Archaic Words Used in the County of Gloucester by John Drummond Robertson (1890)
"What uplands you design for mowing, shut up the beginning of February ; but marsh
lands lay not up till April, except your marshes be very poachy. ..."
12. Every Man His Own Cattle Doctor: Containing the Causes, Symptoms, and by Francis Clater, Edward Mayhew (1853)
"It prevails, or rather it is found only, in boggy, poachy ground. On upland
pasture, with a light sandy soil, it is never seen; and in good sound pasture, ..."
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