half ploughinghalf plowingn.

Brit.

/ˈhɑːf ˌplaʊɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈhæf ˌplaʊɪŋ/

Forms: see half adv. and ploughing n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adv., ploughing n.

Etymology: < half adv. + ploughing n., after half-plough v.

Agriculture. Now rare.

A method of ploughing in which the ploughed earth is turned on to strips left unploughed between the furrows, so as to form a series of ridges; an instance of this.

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > ploughing in ridges

ridging1499

balking1549

raftering1724

round ridging1756

upsetting1784

rafter ridging1838

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > furrow > methods of turning furrow

henting?a1605

veering1733

ribbling1770

casting1825

cut-and-cover1839

back-striking1844

gathering1846

1728 S. Peirson Considerations Improvem. Tillage in Ireland 13 This first half-plowing..opens the Land to the Air and Frost, and turns under the Wheat-stubble, by which it the readier rots into Dung.

1770 A. Young Course Exper. Agric. I. i. i. 15 This half-plowing in Suffolk is called ribbling.

1808 T. H. Horne Compl. Grazier (ed. 3) 282 The land, then in a state of loose, broken ground, was laid up into narrow ribs by a half ploughing.

1948 H. I. Moore Root Crops iii. 40 In some parts of the north the practice of ‘raftering’, or half ploughing, is followed, especially when one is working against time.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	half ploughing
释义	half ploughinghalf plowingn. Brit. /ˈhɑːf ˌplaʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhæf ˌplaʊɪŋ/ Forms: see half adv. and ploughing n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adv., ploughing n. Etymology: < half adv. + ploughing n., after half-plough v. Agriculture. Now rare. A method of ploughing in which the ploughed earth is turned on to strips left unploughed between the furrows, so as to form a series of ridges; an instance of this. ΘΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > ploughing in ridges ridging1499 balking1549 raftering1724 round ridging1756 upsetting1784 rafter ridging1838 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > furrow > methods of turning furrow henting?a1605 veering1733 ribbling1770 casting1825 cut-and-cover1839 back-striking1844 gathering1846 1728 S. Peirson Considerations Improvem. Tillage in Ireland 13 This first half-plowing..opens the Land to the Air and Frost, and turns under the Wheat-stubble, by which it the readier rots into Dung. 1770 A. Young Course Exper. Agric. I. i. i. 15 This half-plowing in Suffolk is called ribbling. 1808 T. H. Horne Compl. Grazier (ed. 3) 282 The land, then in a state of loose, broken ground, was laid up into narrow ribs by a half ploughing. 1948 H. I. Moore Root Crops iii. 40 In some parts of the north the practice of ‘raftering’, or half ploughing, is followed, especially when one is working against time. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < n.1728
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