topdressern.
/ˈtɒpdrɛsə/, U.S. /ˈtɑpˌdrɛsər/ 1. Manure or fertilizer applied on top of soil. Cf. top dressing n. 1b.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] > fertilizer or manure
fatnessc1420
amendment1483
manure1532
manuring1577
battling1600
dressing1600
worth1609
sucken1615
folding1626
fertilizera1661
sumen1662
recuperativec1679
field dressing1743
top-dressing1744
sweetener1765
settera1793
mendment1798
side dressing1819
substratum1822
manurer1829
liquid manure1837
soil amendment1915
side dress1920
Growmore1944
soil conditioner1952
1843 Derby Mercury 24 May Gypsum has been employed by a few experimentalists in England, with considerable success, either as a fertiliser or top-dresser.
1954 Wallaces' Farmer 16 Oct. 6 (advt.) [The product] is also an excellent top-dresser for winter grains and pasture.
2014 Times of Zambia (Nexis) 11 Mar. Ammonium nitrate fertiliser..could also be applied as a top dresser.
2. A machine, vehicle, etc., which applies manure or fertilizer on top of soil. Also: a person who operates this.
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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > muck-spreader
manure distributor1844
manure-spreadera1884
muck-spreader1946
rotaspreader1962
1851 Morning Chron. 14 Oct. 3/5 Agricultural implements..such as the cultivator, by Mr. Bentall..[and]..Dr. Newington's top dresser.
1958 N.Z. Parl. Deb. 314 3170/2 There should not be one pilot flying commercially as a topdresser who did not know when it was unsafe to take off.
2013 G. Witteveen & M. Bavier Pract. Golf Course Maintenance (ed. 3) xviii. 204 Topdressers are regularly used on tees and greens, and every golf course should have at least one or two of these machines.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).
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