the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A well or opening, through the successive floors of a warehouse or manufactory, through which goods are raised or lowered.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The state of being fallow.
Word Usage
"The Earth and all the things in nature take sabbaths – for example the fallowness of winter, the stasis of dry seasons, or the hibernation of some animals."