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单词 half-plough
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half-ploughhalf-plowv.

Brit. /ˈhɑːf plaʊ/, U.S. /ˈhæf ˌplaʊ/
Forms: see half adv. and plough v.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adv., plough v.
Etymology: < half adv. + plough v. With later use compare half ploughing n.
Agriculture. Now rare.
transitive. Originally: to plough (soil, land, etc.) lightly or incompletely. In later use: to plough (soil, land, etc.) by turning earth on to strips left unploughed between the furrows, so as to form a series of ridges.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > plough (land) [verb (transitive)] > plough lightly
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1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ v. 59 The Land is to be but shallow or half Ploughed.
1727 R. Bradley Compl. Body Husbandry 53 The soil is so fine and open, that the ground ploughs unequally; the top and bottom mix together; so that in effect 'tis but half ploughed.
1784 N. Turner Ess. Draining & Improving Peat Bogs 55 The rye stubble to be ploughed once and harrowed, then raftered or half ploughed very fine.
1878 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. 14 598 Part of the stubble land is frequently left unploughed till the spring; being then ‘raftered’, ‘rist-baulk’ ploughed, or half-ploughed.
1947 H. L. Edlin Forestry & Woodland Life v. 29 It is usual to ‘half-plough’ the ground, leaving alternate furrows untouched, as this proves best for drainage.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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