The arable land was divided into two or, more usually, three fields, which were cut up into strips bounded by balks and allotted to the villagers in such a way that one holding might include several disconnected strips in each field - a measure designed to prevent the whole of the best land falling
balks הגייה עם משמעויות, מילים נרדפות, הפכים, תרגומים, משפטים ועוד