1805 R. W. DicksonPract. Agric. I. 540 The square-eared wheat is a very productive kind.
1835 C. HowardGen. View Agric. E. Riding Yorks. 9 in Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) (1840) III The square-eared, or some other of the coarse descriptions [of barley].