Field1, n.
(fēld), n. [A-S., O. Sax., & Ger. feld, M. H. Ger. felt, D. veld, Sw. fält, Dan. feldt.] 1. Felled ground; cleared land; a wide extent of land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated grounds. The sweetest flower of all the field. Shak. 2. A cleared space or plain where a battle is fought; also, the battle itself. In this glorious and well-foughten field. Shak. What though the field be lost. Milton. 3. An open space of any kind; an unrestricted or favorable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement; a wide extent; an expanse. Ask of yonder argent fields above. Pope. Afforded a clear field for moral experiments. Macaulay. 4. (Her.) The surface of the shield; hence, any blank space or ground on which figures are drawn or projected. Without covering, save yon field of stars. Shak. Field of ice, a large body of floating ice.—Field, or field of view, in a telescope or microscope, the entire space within which objects are seen.—To keep the field, to continue the campaign.