单词 | broadshare |
释义 | broadshareadj.n. A. adj. Designating a shallow plough or cultivator with a broad, flat share, used to break up or loosen the ground, and to uproot weeds between rows of crops. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [adjective] > having specific share broadshare1862 1744 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Mar. vi. 51 When I mentioned a Broad-share Foot-plough, that plowed the Seed so shallow in, it was not the common Vale Foot-plough. 1862 J. Wilson Farming 110 Broadshare or paring ploughs are much used..in the autumn cleaning of stubbles. 1926 Daily Tel. 17 Sept. 14/4 The old broadshare plough long cherished by the farmers of Kent. 2003 A. El Titi Soil Tillage in Agroecosystems vi. 152 Tillage treatments [include] annual plowing, alternating plow/broadshare cultivator..and pure cultivator tillage. B. n. A shallow plough or cultivator used to cut or break up stubble, loosen the ground, or uproot weeds between rows of crops. ΘΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > other types of plough ox-plough?1523 double plough1653 chip plough1742 Rotherham plough1743 fluke plough1775 breaking plough1781 miner1794 snap-plough1798 turf-cutter1819 scooter plough1820 bull-tongue1831 prairie plough1831 split-plough1840 prairie breaker1857 straddle-plough1875 tickle-plough1875 chill-plough1886 stump-jump1896 swamp plough1930 prairie buster1943 1794 J. Boys Gen. View Agric. Kent 18 As soon as the beans are harvested, the land is scuffed with the broad share, and made perfectly clean by harrowing. 1877 Farmer's Mag. Jan. 29/2 The broadshare is run between the rows of turnips, in order to cut the stubble and destroy any weeds which may remain. 1937 Country Life 18 Sept. p. xxxvi/1 The uncommon but very useful broadshare does very good work breaking up the soil to a depth of 2–2½ins. 2004 R. Lal in R. Lal et al. Sustainable Agric. & Internat. Rice-Wheat Syst. (e-book ed.) Rollers are sometimes used to consolidate loose tilth, and hoes and broad shares to create soil mulch. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). broadsharev. Now rare. transitive. To plough (land) with a broadshare; (also) to remove (the stubbles of a crop) with a broadshare after harvesting. Cf. broadsharing n. ΘΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > plough (land) [verb (transitive)] > other systems of ploughing hent?a1605 to throw down1620 size1707 bout1733 to turn off1754 back-furrow1855 1798 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Southern Counties I. 80 As soon as the crop is off, the ground is broadshared, or underplowed, as shallow as the operation will permit. 1856 Farmer's Mag. Jan. 23 The practice of broadsharing the stubbles immediately after harvest. 1871 Gardeners' Chron. 14 Oct. 1335/3 Land lies until early in April, then broadshared. 1978 Agric. Hist. Rev. 26 83/1 After broadsharing the field, he sowed rape, had a good high yield, and followed with turnips, then wheat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < adj.n.1744v.1798 |
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