单词 | winter-proud |
释义 | > as lemmaswinter-proud winter-proud adj. Agriculture (of wheat or other crops) growing too luxuriantly in winter, esp. as a result of mild weather. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [adjective] > early forward1601 winter-proud1601 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvii. ii. 501 When either corne is winter-prowd, or other plants put forth and bud too earely, by reason of the mild and warme aire. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 146 When the wheat is winter-proud, which commonly happens after a mild season.., that luxuriance..ought to be checked by eating it down with sheep. 1832 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. (ed. 2) 615 There is danger of the crop running to straw, or becoming what is called winter-proud. 1900 Essex County Standard 15 Dec. 3/3 As usual in a mild season, we hear certain misgivings about being winter-proud. 2004 Farmer's Weekly (Nexis) 6 Aug. 6 Sowing sooner than mid-August runs the risk of crops getting winter proud and plants being lost to frost. < as lemmas |
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