单词 | potato-scoop |
释义 | > as lemmaspotato-scoop potato-scoop n. (a) a tool for cutting pieces of potatoes with ‘eyes’, suitable for planting; (b) a shovel for lifting potatoes, grated to allow loose earth to fall through. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > other agricultural implements visgy1777 tomahawk1793 potato-scoop1810 rice stick1832 seed feeder1851 poniard1874 aphicide1883 thinner1943 mist blower1946 dung fork1951 wind-machine1976 1810 in R. A. Salaman Dict. Woodworking Tools & Allied Trades (1989) 256/2 Potato, and Turnip Scopes. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1776/2 Potato-scoop, a grated shovel which allows the soil to sift through while detaining the potatoes. 1936 Man 36 66/1 Within the last few years the demand for a peculiar, circular potato-scoop in the Wisbech district has ceased. 2000 Tampa Tribune (Nexis) 2 Dec. 2 He explains..what to do with a husking hook, suction stomper, glass churn, king drag, endgate seeder, heated soapstone, potato scoop or corn sheller. < as lemmas |
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