单词 | half-plough |
释义 | half-ploughhalf-plowv. 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. ΘΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > plough (land) [verb (transitive)] > plough lightly shoal1670 scratch1697 stirree1742 skirtc1795 skim1799 riffle1804 skim-plough1807 hen-scratch1872 scratch-plough1926 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > plough (land) [verb (transitive)] > rib rest-balk?1523 rafter1724 rib1735 slob-furrow1796 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). < v.1669 |
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