| 单词 | plough-ground |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplough-ground plough-ground n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > broken land > arable or ploughed land earthlandeOE falloweOE acreOE hide and gaine1347 furrowc1380 teamlanda1387 tilthc1460 arablec1475 tilling land1488 flat1513 plough-tilth1516 ploughland1530 tillage1543 plough-ground1551 teamware1567 ploughing ground1625 ploughing land1674 prairie-breaking1845 plough1859 1551 King Edward VI Chron. & Polit. Papers (1966) (modernized text) 62 All those that..put plow ground to pasture..shall be straitly punished. 1640 in H. Bond Hist. Watertown, Mass. (1855) II. 998 Ordered that the hither Plain, being subdivided into several Lotts for Plow-ground, shall be made a common field. 1895 W. Raymond Smoke of War vii. 84 Like a rook in a plough-ground. 2003 Christchurch (N.Z.) Press (Nexis) 15 July 5 Trainer Bob Baffert has criticised the Hollywood Park surface as a ‘ploughground’. plough-ground plough-ground adj. sharpened by plough grinding. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials having undergone process > [adjective] > ground or crushed crumbleda1475 contunded1599 stamped1600 powdered1646 rough-ground1754 pulverized1762 ground1765 crushed1855 plough-ground1896 profile-ground1941 1896 W. S. Taggart Cotton Spinning I. vi. 176 A is the plough-ground wire, and is formed by grinding the sides away, almost to the bend, by special emery discs. ?1926 R. J. Peake Cotton (ed. 2) 65 All the sections, except round and plough ground, have been discarded because of their weakness. < as lemmas |
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