Balk

Source : Wright, Joseph English Dialect Dictionary
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3. A strip of land accidentally missed in ploughing or
sowing; a piece of stubble or grass which has been
unevenly cut. See Swathe.
N.Cy.1 N.Cy.2, Nhb.1, Dur.1 Wm.1 A portion of a field left unploughed
owing to an obstruction, such as rock cropping out, or large
boulders. n.Yks. You think weese mack monny ilfavart bawke.
When we do plew, we mun tack teaume, I reed, Meriton
Praise Ale (1684) l. 112, 13. m.Yks.1, w.Yks.3, ne.Lan.1 sw.Lin.1
We made a many balks in ploughing to-day. [Also] a piece of
stubble left high owing to the scythe slipping over it in mowing.
Shr.1 I see theer's a balk in a fild o' corn down by Steppiton;
I dunna know who it belungs to, but it's no good sign anyways,
theer'll be djeth i' the 'ouse afore 'arrŏŏst. Shr.2 A two-year-old
balk is as good as a ruck of muck, Prov. Hnt. Plowing an
acre of high land without a single balk, Marshall Review (1811)
III. 211. e.An.1 A ridge left in balk-ploughing. I.W.1 I.W.2 Wil.1
When a ‘land’ has been accidentally passed over in sowing, the
bare space is considered as a presage of some misfortune. se.Dor.
(C.W.)

13. In fishing: stakes covered with wattles, and so
arranged that fish are directed towards the nets.
ne.Lan.1 A long wattled hedge of a semi-circular form, set upon
the sea sands, compels the fish at the ebb of the tide to make
towards the deepest part, where there is a semi-circular bower of
nets to catch them.