a. Obs. exc. dial. Forms: 5–7 erable, 5 errabull, 6–7 errable, (herabul), ereable, 6–7 earable. [f. EAR v.1 + -ABLE.] Capable of being plowed; fit for tillage. Also absol. as quasi-sb. Cf. ARABLE.
1475. Caxton, Jason (1477), 118. Good londe erable and fayr medowes plente.
1486. Bk. St. Albans, E vj. On felde or in errabull londe.
1552. Huloet, Ereable, or rather arable lande.
1598. Grenewey, Tacitus’ Germanie, iii. (1612), 265. Their earable land they change by yeeres.
1693. W. Robertson, Phraseol. Gen., 516/2. Earable; Arabilis.
