单词 | grass mower |
释义 | grass mowern. 1. A person whose job is to cut or mow grass. Cf. grass cutter n. 1. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > cutting, reaping, or mowing > reaper or mower reapmanOE reaperOE mower1225 shearer1318 puller1332 winner1352 repstera1450 harvestman1552 scytheman1577 harvester1589 sickler1638 messor1656 cradler1766 grass mower1779 thraver1813 reapa1825 bagger1844 cradle-man1889 1779 G. White Jrnl. 13 July (1970) xii. 164 The grass-mowers complain of the heat. 1875 Justice of Peace 12 June 383/1 Five agricultural labourers came to B. and asked him to find them employment as grass mowers. 1996 J. Jackson & L. P. Moch in D. Hoerder & L. P. Moch European Migrants i. 62 Migrant workers took seasonal employment..—work as hay-makers or grass mowers, for example. 2. A machine for cutting grass; a lawnmower. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > lawn-mower steam lawn-mower1812 grass cutter1834 grass mower1855 lawn-mower1875 grass trimmer1876 lawn-cutter1897 motor mower1907 power mower1913 lawn edger1960 Strimmer1978 1855 Liverpool Mercury 16 Mar. 2/1 (advt.) There is a bowling green, of large dimensions, with several pairs of bowls, jacks, patent grass mower, and rollers. 1913 W. J. Locke Stella Maris xii. 165 The grass-mower driven over the grass. 2017 Thurrock Gaz. (Nexis) 30 Oct. The investment we have made in front-line environment services through clean it, cut it, fill it—such as new grass mowers and bin lorries. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1779 |
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