\Row"en\, n. [Cf. E. rough, OE. row, rowe.] [Called also
{rowet}, {rowett}, {rowings}, {roughings}.]
1. A stubble field left unplowed till late in the autumn,
   that it may be cropped by cattle.
         Turn your cows, that give milk, into your rowens
         till snow comes.                      --Mortimer.
2. The second growth of grass in a season; aftermath. [Prov.
   Eng. & Local, U.S.]