caschromn.

/ˈkasxrəm/

/ˈkaskrəm/

Forms: Also cascrome, cascroim, casschron.

Etymology: < Gaelic cas foot, crom, chrom, crooked.

An instrument of tillage formerly used in the Scottish Highlands, called also ‘foot-plough’.

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1803 Gazetteer Scotl. at Sky The cascroim, or crooked spade, is almost the only utensil used by the common class of tenants in labouring the ground.

1808 J. Walker Econ. Hist. Hebrides I. 170 The cascrome, or crook spade.

1821 W. Scott Pirate II. i. 11 Even the savage Highlandmen..can make more work..with their gascromh, or whatever they call it.

1824 J. Macculloch Highlands & W. Isles IV. 297 Dugald who drives at the Caschrom.

1839 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 446/2 This independent, proud-spirited old clansman had seen the gascrome, or crooked spade of the Highlanders, superseded by the plough.

1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers II. 375 An instrument called the cas-chrom—literally the ‘crooked-foot’..was almost the only tool employed in tillage.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	caschrom
释义	caschromn. /ˈkasxrəm//ˈkaskrəm/ Forms: Also cascrome, cascroim, casschron. Etymology: < Gaelic cas foot, crom, chrom, crooked. An instrument of tillage formerly used in the Scottish Highlands, called also ‘foot-plough’. ΚΠ 1803 Gazetteer Scotl. at Sky The cascroim, or crooked spade, is almost the only utensil used by the common class of tenants in labouring the ground. 1808 J. Walker Econ. Hist. Hebrides I. 170 The cascrome, or crook spade. 1821 W. Scott Pirate II. i. 11 Even the savage Highlandmen..can make more work..with their gascromh, or whatever they call it. 1824 J. Macculloch Highlands & W. Isles IV. 297 Dugald who drives at the Caschrom. 1839 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 446/2 This independent, proud-spirited old clansman had seen the gascrome, or crooked spade of the Highlanders, superseded by the plough. 1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers II. 375 An instrument called the cas-chrom—literally the ‘crooked-foot’..was almost the only tool employed in tillage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1803
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