| 单词 | to trench down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto trench down b. spec. in Agriculture and Horticulture. To make a series of trenches in digging or ploughing (a piece of ground), so as to bring the lower soil to the surface. to trench up, to lay (land) in trenches and ridges alternately (cf. ridge v. 2); to trench down, to bury (soil or weeds) in trenching. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > break up land [verb (transitive)] > turn over turnc1425 to turn up1523 trench1573 to turn over1580 whelm1652 invert1712 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > break up land [verb (transitive)] > throw up ridges rig?1523 ridge?1530 to trench up1763 upset1764 to lay up1842 hill1884 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > break up land [verb (transitive)] > turn over > cover by turning over to turn in1532 underturn1600 to trench down1799 ridge1819 point1828 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 35v Thy garden plot lately, wel trenched & muckt. 1649 Surv. Manor of Wymbledon in Archaeologia (1792) 10 432 A musk-milion ground trenched, manured, and very well ordered for the groweth of musmilions. 1763 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry IV. 68 This may..be prevented by..trenching the ground up in ridges. 1793 Trans. Soc. Arts (ed. 2) 5 11 I trenched up the whole to the depth of eighteen inches. 1798 W. Nicol Sc. Forcing Gardener (ed. 2) 202 Trench three spits deep, by which the bottom and top are reversed, and the middle remains in the middle. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth App. 491 Many farmers were wont to trench down the low moss, and to cover it furrow deep, with clay taken out of the trench. 1914 N.E.D. at Trench Mod. The garden ought to be trenched. < as lemmas |
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