| 单词 | master furrow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmaster furrow master furrow n. Attested earliest as a field name. ΚΠ 1370 in Cal. Fine Rolls (1924) VIII. 80 [2 acres and 3 roods in] Maystreffure [sown with barley and twice ploughed]. 1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver xviii. 109 A good Drayne or Master Furrow. 1808 J. Walker Econ. Hist. Hebrides I. 168 The master-furrow at the head of the field..should be led in a very gentle slope, that the water may no where run with rapidity. 1870 Eng. Mech. 28 Jan. 485/2 Cutting all the short furrows into the master furrow [on a millstone]. 1921 A. Millar Wheat & its Products x. 117 The face of the stone has two or three short furrows parallel to each master furrow, forming a ‘harp’. 2008 D. C. McVarish Amer. Industr. Archaeol. xi. 241/2 The furrows in the stone were arranged in groups known as harps or quarters, each group consisting of a ‘master furrow’ running from the eye of the stone to the outer edge. < as lemmas |
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