in Agriculture, a piece of ground enclosed, whether for tillage or pasture.

in Heraldry, is the whole surface of the shield or the continent, so called because it containeth those achievements anciently acquired in the field of battle. It is the ground on which the colours, bearing, metals, furs, charges, &c. are represented. Among the modern heralds, field is less frequently used in blazoning than shield or escutcheon. See SHIELD, &c.

FIELD Book, in Surveying, a book in which the angles, stations, distances, &c. are set down.

FIELD-Colours, or Camp-Colours, in War, are small flags of about a foot and a half square, which are carried along with the quartermaster general, for marking out the ground for the squadrons and battalions.

FIELD Fire, in Ornithology. See TURDUS, ORNITHOLOGY Index.

FIELD-Officers, in the art of war. See OFFICER.

FIELD-Pieces, small cannons, from three to twelve pounders, carried along with an army in the field.

FIELD Staff, a weapon carried by the gunners, about the length of a halbert, with a spear at one end; having on each side ears screwed on, like the cock of a matchlock, where the gunners screw in lighted matches when they are upon command; and then the field-staffs are said to be armed.

FIELD-Works, in Fortification, are those thrown up by an army in besieging a fortress, or by the besieged to defend the place. Such are the fortifications of camps, highways, &c.

Elysian Fields. See ELYSIAN.