| 单词 | arrish-mow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasarrish-mow arrish-mow n. [ < arrish n. + mow n.1] English regional (south-western) a small rick or stack of corn set up in a stubble-field after reaping; cf. wind-mow n. at wind n.1 Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall viii. 88 We make all our corn into arrish-mows, the sheaves being built up into a regular, solid cone. 1832 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 11 Aug. In our own neighbourhood the arish mows are rising in every direction, and as far as we can learn, the produce is most abundant. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Arrish-mow, a small rick of corn set up on the field where the crop grew. In a showery harvest the plan is often adopted of making a number of small stacks on the spot, so that the imperfectly dried corn may not be in sufficient bulk to cause heating, while at the same time the air may circulate and improve the condition of the grain. 1949 E. Goudge Gentian Hill viii. 433 She always hides there while the reaping is on. Can't abide to see the rabbits knocked on the head. But she'll watch the binding up of the sheaves and the arish-mow. 2006 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 31 Jan. 24 Brummal-mow, brummol, an arrish-mow of domed form. < as lemmas |
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