| 单词 | rib-ploughing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrib-ploughing rib-ploughing n. Scottish now historical a method of ploughing with widely spaced furrows, in which alternate strips of land are turned over on to the unploughed land in between; an instance of this. Cf. ribbing n.2 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > ribbing streak fallowing1677 ribbing1762 slob-furrowing1787 rib-ploughing1794 rib-furrowing1805 1794 J. MacPhail Treat. Culture Cucumber 443 Rib-plowing, or ribbing, is performed by making furrows about two feet distant from each other; one half of the surface is left untouched by the plough, and the other half..is thrown on the top of what remains fast. 1811 G. S. Keith Agric. Surv. Aberdeen 233 They are broke up from grass by what is called a rib-ploughing,..one part of the sward being turned by the plough upon the surface of an equal portion of that which is not raised. 1999 A. Fenton Sc. Country Life (new rev. ed.) i. 14 There was a kind of fallow on the outfield which involved ploughing or rib-ploughing. < as lemmas |
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