cane piece

noun

A field of sugarcane.

Meanings

nouncane piece (plural cane pieces)

plural cane pieces

  1. historicalA field of sugarcane.

    He took Mr. Leslie through his mills and over his cane-pieces.

    1861, Anthony Trollope, Tales of All Nations
    1 more example

    After breakfast we were conducted over several cane pieces, viewing that luxuriant and useful plant in its different stages.

    1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 172
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