单词 | dung drag |
释义 | > as lemmasdung drag dung drag n. now chiefly historical a tool used to rake dung from a heap, cart, etc., typically consisting of a long, straight handle with a forked head with two or more metal prongs set at right angles to the shaft; cf. muck-drag n. at muck n.1 Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1673 in G. F. Dow Probate Rec. Essex County, Mass. (1917) II. 349 2 dung forks, a dung drag, prongs & forks. 1795 Hull Advertiser 6 June 3/3 Striking him on the head with a dung drag. 1850 H. Stephens Farmer's Guide I. 570 He then tilts the cart body..; and, taking the dung-drag..—which is 5 feet long, and may have two or three prongs—he pulls out a small heap of dung into the..drill. 1919 Chester (Pa.) Times 4 Apr. 7/2 (advt.) Dung forks, rakes, hedge cutters, ice picks, dung drags, ladders, hay forks [etc.]. 2004 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 21 Jan. 14 Once out in the field the dung had to be pulled out of the cart by a dung drag. < as lemmas |
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