单词 | bush-harrow |
释义 | bush-harrown. An agricultural implement for harrowing grass land or ‘bushing in’ seed, consisting of a heavy frame with bars in which bushes are interwoven underneath. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > harrowing equipment > [noun] > harrow > types of harrow drag1388 ox-harrow1465 drag-harrow1744 bush-harrow1770 twitch harrow1771 brake1786 crab-harrow1796 twitch drag1799 tormentor1808 flag-harrow1845 chain-harrow1870 pitch-pole1929 1770–4 A. Hunter Georgical Ess. (1803) I. 372 We constantly employ a heavy bush-harrow to spread the dung. 1877 R. D. Blackmore Erema I. ix. 101 As a bush-harrow jumps on the clods of the field. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2021). bush-harrowv. transitive. To use the bush-harrow upon (ground); also with seed as object. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > break up land [verb (transitive)] > harrow harrow1377 to-harrow1393 draga1722 ox-harrow1778 bush1787 bush-harrow1788 brake1800 chip1802 crab-harrow1844 tine1854 1788 G. Washington Diaries III. 328 He was sowing Seeds with intention to Bush harrow them in. 1834 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. 486 After the cattle are removed, the land is bush-harrowed and rolled. 1839 H. Martineau Deerbrook II. xi. 211 A man beside his horse, bush-harrowing in a distant green field. 1862 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe II. vi. 51 The meadows were all bush-harrowed, rolled, and laid up for hay. Derivatives ˈbush-ˌharrowing n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > [noun] > harrowing occation?1440 tining1766 tine1776 planking1814 bush-harrowing1834 hurdling1897 1834 Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. 481 The subsequent operation of cross bush-harrowing. 1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xxi. 540 The ordinary means by which our forefathers covered their seed was by bush-harrowing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1770v.1788 |
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