单词 | horse-hoe |
释义 | horse-hoen. A frame mounted on wheels and furnished with ranges of shares at such intervals as to work in the spaces between drills or rows of plants, in which each acts like a hoe in stirring up the soil, rooting up weeds, etc. ΚΠ 1731 J. Tull New Horse-houghing Husbandry 103 Proper for the regular Operation of the Horse-Hough. 1792 Ann. Reg. 1789 Useful Projects 64/1 Of the utility of the above horse-hoe I am inclined to entertain a very high opinion. 1826 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Agric. (1831) 405 Of horse hoes there is a great variety, almost every implement-maker having his favourite form. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019). horse-hoev. transitive or absol. To hoe (or stir up the earth as in hoeing) with an implement drawn by a horse; to work with a horse-hoe. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > break up land [verb (transitive)] > hoe billc1440 paddle1556 sarculate1623 hoe1712 hack1732 hand-hoe1733 hoe-plough1733 scuffle1766 small-hoe1786 shim1797 horse-hoe1830 nidget1843 first1860 prong-hoe1892 1830 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. 333 As soon as the plants can be seen on the ridges.., the ridges should be horse-hoed. Derivatives horse-hoed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [adjective] > hoed hoed1643 horse-hoed1780 the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] > hoed or hoeable hoed1643 unhoed1733 hoeable1736 horse-hoed1780 1780 A. Young Tour Ireland (Dublin ed.) I. 14 Horse hoed, hand hoed and weeded. 1808 J. Walker Econ. Hist. Hebrides I. 245 All horse-hoed grain should be avoided for seed-corn. horse-hoeing n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > [noun] > hoeing > types of hoeing horse-hoeing1731 scratch-hoeing1733 hoe-ploughing1770 shimming1792 listing1805 scratching1818 1731 J. Tull (title) Specimen of a Work on Horse-Houghing Husbandry. 1732 W. Ellis Pract. Farmer 162 Horse-houghing, is so called by reason it saves Man's Houghing; not that a Hough is used by Horses, but their drawing a Plough in a particular manner supplies the use of a Hough. horse-hoer n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > [noun] > hoeing > hoer hacker1593 sarcler1707 hoer1742 horse-hoer1744 1744 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Jan. xxii. 145 It will be a difficult Point for the Horse-hougher to keep his Horse and Instrument..exact. 1935 J. Joyce Let. 19 Feb. (1966) III. 345 If they put on Floradora with George Robey in the name part the horsehoers would not notice. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019). > as lemmashorse-hoe b. With qualifications, indicating the shape, the mode of use, etc. In respect of the latter, the chief distinction is that of draw-hoes (the original type) and thrust-hoes (as in the Dutch hoe). The name is also extended, as in horse-hoe, to machines of various kinds which do the work of several hoes in stirring up the soil between plants, etc. bayonet hoe n. a form of draw-hoe, with the blade narrow and pointed much in the form of a trowel-bayonet ( Cent. Dict.). Dutch hoe n., scuffle hoe n. kinds of thrust-hoes. Spanish hoe n., Vernon hoe n. see quot. 1855. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > mattock, hoe, or hack > hoe > horse-hoe shim1723 hoe-plough1731 horse-hoe1731 hoe-break1742 nidget1743 hop-shim1807 idget1875 the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > mattock, hoe, or hack > hoe > hoe for between rows of crops scuffler1794 scuffle1798 Spanish hoe1822 Vernon hoe1855 1731 J. Tull New Horse-houghing Husbandry 103 Proper for the regular Operation of the Horse-Hough. 1742 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman June i. 17 This common Hough, with which we hough all our Turneps, etc., and..the Dutch Hough, to hough between the close Rows of drilled Wheat, are of prodigious Value to the Farmer. 1742 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman June i. 17 The great Service of the Dutch Hough, to hough between the close Rows of drilled Wheat. 1742 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman June i. 16 The Beck-hough. Is an Instrument differing from the common Pick-axe, or Mattock, only by having its two Ends about four Inches broad. 1742 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman June i. 7 A Man, with the common Hand-hough, may directly follow, and pull up the loose Mould to the Stalks. 1822 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (1834) 519 Hoes are of two species, the draw~hoe and the thrust-hoe, of each of which there are several varieties..The Spanish hoe..Pronged hoes [etc.]. 1834 D. Low Elements Pract. Agric. (1843) 130 The mattock-hoe of the countries of the East. 1855 C. McIntosh Bk. Garden II. 38 The best hoe, when deep-stirring the soil between drilled crops is performed, is the Spanish hoe..or the Vernon hoe. < n.1731v.1731 as lemmas |
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