单词 | reploughing |
释义 | reploughingreplowingn. The action or process of ploughing a piece of land again; a second or further ploughing.Also in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > second ploughing or reploughing stirring?1523 twifallow1573 reploughing1655 1655 in S. Hartlib Legacy (ed. 3) 275 (table) Re-ploughing, [£]00.03.04. 1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xi. 52 That will hinder the Re-plowing of the first Furrows. 1828 W. Jacob Tracts relating to Corn Trade & Corn Laws i. App. xx. 226 The soil..remains, after a re-ploughing, harrowing, and generally a rolling, in this state till seed time. 1899 Times 14 Dec. 5/2 The drought prevents the reploughing of the land. 1912 Classical Rev. 26 264/1 The review of the present state of the inquiry..is little more than a barren reploughing of oft-tilled ground. 1954 V. W. Johnson & R. Barlowe Land Probl. & Policies xii. 332 Zoning might be used effectively to strengthen grazing-district associations through prevention of plowing or replowing of grazing lands. 2000 B. Currie Polit. Hunger in India iv. 79 Early season rains were inadequate, impairing germination of the paddy crop and hindering reploughing and transplantation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1655 |
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