| 单词 | wheel-plough |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswheel-plough wheel-plough n. a plough having wheels running on the ground to reduce the friction or regulate the depth of the furrow. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > wheeled plough wheel-plough1707 bobtail plough1733 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 38 The Hertfordshire Wheel-Plough. 1710 D. Hilman Tusser Rediv. Sept. (1744) 119 A Wheel-Plough for Stony, and a Swing Plough for Clay. 1836 Penny Cycl. V. 307 In Brabant..They use the excellent Flemish swing plough, which they call a foot plough, as it is also called in some parts of England, in contradistinction to a wheel plough. At the same time they also retain the old and heavy turn wrest plough. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 646 It must be admitted, even by the advocates of the wheel-plough, that..they cannot by any means be brought so handily to follow the undulations of the surface. < as lemmas |
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