cultivage means the art or act of cultivating; cultivation.
Etymology
From French cultivage.
noun
- The art or act of cultivating; cultivation.“And on the other part, the Greeks are as unwilling to be induſtrious in Arts, Trafficke or Cultivage; ſeeing what they poſſeſſe is not their owne, but is taken from them at all occaſions, with tyranny & oppreſſion. […] Leaving Ahetzo behind us, and entring the Countrey of the Agaroes, wee found the beſt inhabitants halfe clad, the vulgars naked, the Countrey void of Villages, Rivers, or cultivage:”