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‖ caschrom|ˈkasxrom|
Also cascrome, -croim, casschron.
[Gael. cas foot, crom, chrom, crooked.]
An instrument of tillage formerly used in the Scottish Highlands, called also ‘foot-plough’.
1806Gazetteer Scotl. 513 The cascroim or crooked spade is almost the only utensil used by the common class of tenants in labouring the ground. 1808J. Walker Hist. Hebrides & Highl. Scot. I. 170 The cascrome, or crook spade. 1824McCulloch Highl. & W. Isl. Scotl. IV. 297 Dugald who drives at the Caschrom. 1861Smiles Engineers II. 375 An instrument called the cas-chrom—literally the ‘crooked-foot’..was almost the only tool employed in tillage. |