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Rotherham|ˈrɒðərəm|
Also Rotheram.
The name of a parish and township in Yorkshire, formerly used attrib. to designate an improved form of plough introduced (app. from Holland) about the middle of the 18th century.
1762Mills Syst. Husb. I. 255 The Rotheran [sic], or patent plough,..deserves the husbandman's particular attention. 1763Museum Rust. I. 24 To stir the intervals,..the Rotheram plow may be used. 1805R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 7 An intelligent farmer..assures us, that the rotheram-plough..goes very light, and is very useful. 1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm I. 406 About the middle of the past century, the Rotherham plough appears to have been partially introduced into Scotland. |