subsoil ploughingsubsoil plowingn.

Brit.

/ˈsʌbsɔɪl ˌplaʊɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈsəbˌsɔɪl ˌplaʊɪŋ/

Forms: see subsoil n. and ploughing n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: subsoil n., ploughing n.

Etymology: < subsoil n. + ploughing n., after subsoil plough n. Compare earlier subbing n.¹ Compare later subsoil-plough v.

Ploughing by means of a subsoil plough; (also) an instance of this. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > deep ploughing

trench-ploughing1763

sub-ploughing1775

subsoil ploughing1833

subsoiling1837

1833 J. Smith Thorough Draining in Rep. Exhib. Agric. Productions Stirling (W. Drummond & Sons) 61 The cost of subsoil ploughing an acre may be estimated at 30s.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xxxi. 119 I remember the conversations. Oh..how stupid they were! The sub-soil ploughing;..the row about the representation of the county.

1929 Hospital Social Service 19 569 The vast field for producing health, and more and more of it, has scarcely received a surface tilling, much less a subsoil ploughing.

1995 Agric. Hist. Rev. 43 185/2 The key to profitability was not so much costly manures or subsoil ploughing, but ‘a scientific rotation of crops’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	subsoil ploughing
释义	subsoil ploughingsubsoil plowingn. Brit. /ˈsʌbsɔɪl ˌplaʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsəbˌsɔɪl ˌplaʊɪŋ/ Forms: see subsoil n. and ploughing n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: subsoil n., ploughing n. Etymology: < subsoil n. + ploughing n., after subsoil plough n. Compare earlier subbing n.¹ Compare later subsoil-plough v. Ploughing by means of a subsoil plough; (also) an instance of this. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > deep ploughing trench-ploughing1763 sub-ploughing1775 subsoil ploughing1833 subsoiling1837 1833 J. Smith Thorough Draining in Rep. Exhib. Agric. Productions Stirling (W. Drummond & Sons) 61 The cost of subsoil ploughing an acre may be estimated at 30s. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs xxxi. 119 I remember the conversations. Oh..how stupid they were! The sub-soil ploughing;..the row about the representation of the county. 1929 Hospital Social Service 19 569 The vast field for producing health, and more and more of it, has scarcely received a surface tilling, much less a subsoil ploughing. 1995 Agric. Hist. Rev. 43 185/2 The key to profitability was not so much costly manures or subsoil ploughing, but ‘a scientific rotation of crops’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1833
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