Toward or in the direction of a field; the plural or alternative form of fieldward indicating movement toward fields.
Variant of 'fieldward' with additional '-s,' likely influenced by 'towards' (the plural/variant of 'toward'). Both 'fieldward' and 'fieldwards' appear in Middle and Early Modern English texts, though both are now archaic.
The 's' at the end of 'towards,' 'afterwards,' and 'fieldwards' comes from an old directional marker—originally these weren't really plurals but emphasized the general direction, which is why modern English sometimes drops the 's'.
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