glebe

noun4

1. •
   Turf; soil; ground; sod.

   • Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke — 1768
2. •
   (historical) In medieval Europe, an area of land, belonging to a parish, whose revenues contributed towards the parish expenses.
3. •
   (literary) A field or meadow.

   • Admiring glebes their amber ears unfold, / And Labour sleep amid the waving gold. — 1791
4. •
   A piece of earth containing ore.