breast-ploughingbreast-plowingn.

Brit.

/ˈbrɛs(t)ˌplaʊɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈbrɛs(t)ˌplaʊɪŋ/

Forms: see breast n. and ploughing n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: breast n., ploughing n.

Etymology: < breast n. + ploughing n., after breast plough n. Compare later breast-plough v.

Agriculture. Now rare and historical.

The action or process of using a breast plough to pare turf and other surface vegetation, or to plough land.

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun]

eartheOE

earingOE

ploughing1374

fallowing1426

labouragec1475

ardagh1483

eara1500

fallowa1500

arder1581

waining1585

stitch1600

caruage1610

furrow1610

till1647

aration1663

bouting1733

breast-ploughing1754

prairie-breaking1845

sodbusting1965

1754 W. Bradford Art of Measuring 10 This Instrument is useful to those who often set or take Reaping, Breast-Plowing, Hoeing, or any other Work by the Acre.

1832 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. (ed. 2) 463 The breastploughing on these soils is easy.

1953 Country Life 23 Apr. 1242/2 Breast-ploughing did not do the work of the horse-plough, but merely cleansed the top soil.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	breast-ploughing
释义	breast-ploughingbreast-plowingn. Brit. /ˈbrɛs(t)ˌplaʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbrɛs(t)ˌplaʊɪŋ/ Forms: see breast n. and ploughing n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: breast n., ploughing n. Etymology: < breast n. + ploughing n., after breast plough n. Compare later breast-plough v. Agriculture. Now rare and historical. The action or process of using a breast plough to pare turf and other surface vegetation, or to plough land. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] eartheOE earingOE ploughing1374 fallowing1426 labouragec1475 ardagh1483 eara1500 fallowa1500 arder1581 waining1585 stitch1600 caruage1610 furrow1610 till1647 aration1663 bouting1733 breast-ploughing1754 prairie-breaking1845 sodbusting1965 1754 W. Bradford Art of Measuring 10 This Instrument is useful to those who often set or take Reaping, Breast-Plowing, Hoeing, or any other Work by the Acre. 1832 J. Baxter Libr. Agric. & Hort. Knowl. (ed. 2) 463 The breastploughing on these soils is easy. 1953 Country Life 23 Apr. 1242/2 Breast-ploughing did not do the work of the horse-plough, but merely cleansed the top soil. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1754
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