| 单词 | ploughing day |
| 释义 | > as lemmasploughing day ploughing day n. now historical (English regional (northern) in later use) a day on which neighbouring farmers help the new occupant of a farm with ploughing. ΚΠ 1715 G. Clerke Landed-man's Assistant 15 For a Due-day yearly 6 d. and for three Plowing-days 12 s. 6 d. yearly. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 1324 The ploughing of the fallow-break,..if done by hired labour, will cost 8s. per acre, but if done by the goodwill of neighbours in a ‘ploughing-day’, which is the custom of the country [etc.]. 1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. Ploughing-day, the day on which the farmer who has taken a new farm asks, and receives, the assistance of his neighbours' Draughts in getting the necessary ploughing done. 1911 M. C. F. Morris Yorks. Folk-talk (ed. 2) 354 Ploughing-day, the day on which neighbouring farmers assist a new tenant of a farm in ploughing his land for him. 1994 A. Kellett Yorks. Dict. 139/1 Ploughing Day, former custom of farmers meeting to welcome a newcomer by giving a free day's ploughing. < as lemmas |
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