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(n): a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
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about 1 year ago chained_bear said:

In heraldry, the surface of an escutcheon or shield on which the ‘charge’ is displayed. Also the surface of one of the divisions in the shield.

Usage: 1610 J. GUILLIM Heraldry II. ii. (1660) 52 The Field is the whole Surface...of the Shield over-spread with some Metall, Colour, or Furre, and comprehendeth in it the Charge.

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