| 单词 | peat-spade |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspeat-spade peat-spade n. a spade for cutting peats, having a triangular blade and a cutting wing on the right side. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > turf- or peat-cutter turf-spade1477 peat-spade1492 turfing-spade1677 slane1745 becket1764 rutter1778 turskill1812 turfing-iron1852 1492–3 Acts Lords of Council I. 288/1 A pet spaid price x s. 1573 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 242 A gavelocke, ij hacks, iij peatspades, ij flainge spades, a garthe spade, vijs. 1621 in C. Innes Black Bk. Taymouth (1855) 353 That no maner of personne..cast peitis..bot only with lawland peit spaudis. 1802 C. Findlater Gen. View Agric. County of Peebles 208 The peat-spade is furnished with a triangular cutting mouth, as also, with a cutting wing on the right side,..to cut the half decayed wood found mixed with the moss. 1978 A. Fenton Island Blackhouse 47 A good man working the peat-spade..could cost 1000 a day. < as lemmas |
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