| 单词 | winter-rig |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswinter-rig winter-rig v. now rare (in later use English regional (chiefly Lincolnshire)) transitive to plough (land) in ridges and allow it to lie fallow during the winter, so as to expose the maximum amount of soil to the winter frosts; cf. winter-fallow vb. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > plough (land) [verb (transitive)] > plough by season summer-stir1613 winter-rig1616 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) i. vi. 20 He shall Winter-rigge all such land. 1661 M. Stevenson Twelve Moneths 39 At the end of this moneth [sc. August], begin to winter-rig all fruitful soyls. 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Winter-rig, to plough land up into ridges so that the soil may be more fully subjected to the winter frosts. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 347/1 Winter-rig, to dress the land for the winter by ploughing the fields into high ridges so that the maximum amount of soil will catch the frosts and be broken up by them into a more friable consistency by the spring. < as lemmas |
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