mole-drainv.

Brit.

/ˈməʊldreɪn/, U.S.

/ˈmoʊlˌdreɪn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mole n.³, drain v.

Etymology: < mole n.³ + drain v. Compare slightly earlier mole-draining n.

transitive. To drain (land) using a mole plough.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > ditch [verb (transitive)] > drain otherwise

sewer1565

run1665

land-drain1767

pipe-drain1796

sough1797

mole-drain1844

tile-drain1844

well point1867

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 606 An acre of ground can be mole-drained for 13s. 6d.

1969 A. Mitton in R. Blythe Akenfield xii. 193 Our first [football] field was dreadfully muddy. We mole-drained it.

1970 R. Jeffries Dead Man's Bluff x. 94 Paul Hulton was mole-draining a twenty-acre field.

1995 Sporting Life (Electronic ed.) 18 Oct. The chase course was mole-drained last May and..it has taken longer than expected for the grass cover to come right again.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mole-drain
释义	mole-drainv. Brit. /ˈməʊldreɪn/, U.S. /ˈmoʊlˌdreɪn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mole n.³, drain v. Etymology: < mole n.³ + drain v. Compare slightly earlier mole-draining n. transitive. To drain (land) using a mole plough. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > ditch [verb (transitive)] > drain otherwise sewer1565 run1665 land-drain1767 pipe-drain1796 sough1797 mole-drain1844 tile-drain1844 well point1867 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 606 An acre of ground can be mole-drained for 13s. 6d. 1969 A. Mitton in R. Blythe Akenfield xii. 193 Our first [football] field was dreadfully muddy. We mole-drained it. 1970 R. Jeffries Dead Man's Bluff x. 94 Paul Hulton was mole-draining a twenty-acre field. 1995 Sporting Life (Electronic ed.) 18 Oct. The chase course was mole-drained last May and..it has taken longer than expected for the grass cover to come right again. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1844
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