Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Rowen \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.]