Roughings definitions

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ROUGHINGS, n. ruf'ings. Grass after mowing or reaping. [Local.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Roughings Rough"ings, n. pl. Rowen. [Prov. Eng.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rowen Row"en, n. [Cf. E. rough, OE. row, rowe.] [Called also rowet, rowett, rowings, roughings.] 1. A stubble field left unplowed till late in the autumn, that it may be cropped by cattle. Turn your cows, that give milk, into your rowens till snow comes. --Mortimer. 2. The second growth of grass in a season; aftermath. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]