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单词 subsoiling
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subsoilingn.

Brit. /ˈsʌbsɔɪlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsəbˌsɔɪlɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: subsoil v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < subsoil v. + -ing suffix1. Compare earlier subbing n.1 and subsoil ploughing n.
The action or process of loosening the subsoil, esp. with a subsoil plough; = subsoil ploughing n. Also figurative.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > deep ploughing
trench-ploughing1763
sub-ploughing1775
subsoil ploughing1833
subsoiling1837
1837 Farmer's Mag. Sept. 192/1 We have only had the experience of sub-soiling for about two years.
1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 215 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The yield of fruit is largely increased by draining, trenching, and subsoiling.
1872 C. P. McIlvaine Let. Feb. in Sunday at Home (1881) Dec. 841/2 We have participated..in the subsoiling of English loyalty towards the Crown.
1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lxx. 555 Bosses begin the work of ‘subsoiling’, i.e. manipulating primaries and local conventions so as to secure the choice of such delegates..as they desire.
1950 Pop. Mech. Mar. 145/1 Besides plowing, subsoiling is frequently practiced. The subsoilers are tractors which trail specially built steel booms behind them.
1990 R. Staines Market Gardening iii. 31 To gain maximum benefit from subsoiling this operation needs to be done when the lower levels of the soil are relatively dry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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