self-deliverern.
/ˌsɛlfdᵻˈlɪv(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfdəˈlɪv(ə)rər/ Now historical.
A reaping machine which automatically puts the crop into swathes or sheaves. Cf. self-delivery n. 2(a).
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1859 Standard (London) 13 July 6/3 The former can be used for reaping as well as mowing, by attaching a self-deliverer.
1908 Chamb. Encycl. VIII. 596/1 [Reaping-machines] delivered by mechanical labour, or self-deliverers.
1987 A. S. Mather County Ross & Cromarty 119 In the past 80 years..we have passed successively from sickle to scythe, from scythe to horse-drawn tilter reaping machine, from tilter to self-deliverer, from self-deliverer to self-binder; and now our oats are reaped, threshed and bagged on the field in one operation by combine harvesting machines.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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