Of wind or rain: To beat down (crops). Chiefly in passive. (In 16–17th centuries spelt ledge.)

To throw down on the ground, lay flat. Now only of rain or wind: To beat down crops. (Cf. ledge, see lay, v.1 1c.)

transitive. In passive. English regional (northern). Of hay, etc.: to be spoilt by exposure to moisture.

transitive. To lay (standing corn); also, to litter, disorder (see Eng. Dial. Dict.). Also to send hogs a shackling, to send them to feed in the…

Of grain, grass, etc.: To become laid or lodged through being soft and heavy in growth; to begin to decay on this account.