cross-ploughv.

Etymology: cross- comb. form 1c(a).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcross-ˌplough.

transitive. To plough (a field) across the furrows of a former ploughing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > plough (land) [verb (transitive)] > cross-plough

cross-ploughc1644

overthwart1667

thwart1847

to cut back1858

cross1859

c1644 G. Plattes in S. Hartlib Legacy (1655) 187 He ploughed [it] up at Michaelmass..and afterward cross ploughed it.

1759 J. Mills tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Pract. Treat. Husbandry i. vi. 15 Let the whole field be cross-plowed.

1842 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 3 i. 163 I immediately ploughed it in; and about Christmas I cross-ploughed it.

Derivatives

ˈcross-ˌploughing n.

ΚΠ

1844 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 5 i. 40 As soon as the land is sufficiently dry it receives two deep cross-ploughings.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	cross-plough
释义	cross-ploughv. Etymology: cross- comb. form 1c(a).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcross-ˌplough. transitive. To plough (a field) across the furrows of a former ploughing. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > plough (land) [verb (transitive)] > cross-plough cross-ploughc1644 overthwart1667 thwart1847 to cut back1858 cross1859 c1644 G. Plattes in S. Hartlib Legacy (1655) 187 He ploughed [it] up at Michaelmass..and afterward cross ploughed it. 1759 J. Mills tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Pract. Treat. Husbandry i. vi. 15 Let the whole field be cross-plowed. 1842 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 3 i. 163 I immediately ploughed it in; and about Christmas I cross-ploughed it. Derivatives ˈcross-ˌploughing n. ΚΠ 1844 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 5 i. 40 As soon as the land is sufficiently dry it receives two deep cross-ploughings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.c1644
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