单词 | slob-furrowing |
释义 | † slob-furrowingn. English regional (Norfolk). Obsolete. A method of ploughing with widely spaced furrows, in which alternate strips of ground are turned over on to the unploughed land in between; an instance of this. Cf. rib-ploughing n. and rib-furrowing n. at rib n.1 Compounds 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 1787 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Norfolk I. 142 In slob-furrowing, the flag is turned toward the plowed ground, the coulter passing fifteen or sixteen inches from the last plow-furrow..; and..a slip of unplowed soil, of a width nearly equal to that of the flag, is buried. 1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Slob-furrowing, a particular method of plowing. Norf. [Hence in later regional dicts.] 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 579 This in some places is termed by farmers rib-furrowing, and in others slob-furrowing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1787 |
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