单词 | grass seeding |
释义 | grass seedingn. 1. Agriculture. The sowing of grass seed. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > [noun] sowing1362 sowa1400 sation?1440 semination1531 seeding1541 seedness1549 seedage1610 sature1657 insemination1658 grass seeding1823 semence1859 1823 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 14 June He will also be required..to pay for the grass-seeding of the present spring crops. 1923 Bull. Green Section U.S. Golf Assoc. Aug. 216 One week of good growing weather in the fall often makes the difference between success and failure in grass seeding. 2007 Science 20 July 316/1 More than half of the initial budget went to aerial grass seeding and planting trees. 2. New Zealand. The gathering of grass seed (esp. that of cocksfoot) for sale. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [noun] > cutting, reaping, or mowing reapingc1350 mowinga1425 shearing1779 grass seeding1882 mow1975 1882 Lyttleton (N.Z.) Times 26 Jan. 5/7 The principal feature in matters pastoral at this season of the year is the grass seeding, all the hills, and even the roadsides, having their crop of cocksfoot cut and lying in little bundles awaiting the flail. 1936 C. R. Allen Poor Scholar xix. 204 Grass-seeding is rather characteristic of these parts [Banks Peninsula]. 1990 J. E. Martin Forgotten Worker iii. 45 He decided to go back to Hastings where he took up bush-felling, shearing, grass-seeding and made good money. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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