| 单词 | trench-digging |
| 释义 | > as lemmastrench-digging trench-digging n. the action or practice of digging trenches; (Agriculture and Horticulture) cultivation of land by trenching or bastard-trenching (cf. double-digging at double adj.1 and adv. Compounds 2e). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > [noun] > digging > double digging trench-digging1779 bastard trenching1839 double-digging1842 1779 Farmer's Mag. Jan. 23 To prepare the land for the reception of potatoes..the best..method would..be trench-digging. 1822 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening i. iii. iv. 525 Trench-digging may be performed from one to three spades deep. 1868 Putnam's Mag. May 607/2 Such as agriculture, iron-founding, rail-laying, and trench-digging. 1903 Bulletin (Sydney) 1 Oct. 16/2 Coffee-planter in Big Scrub, overseering trench digging. 1983 J. A. Freeman Survival Gardening (ed. 2) v. 27/2 The process is repeated—alternating trench-digging and subsoil loosening—until the whole plot has been worked over. 1991 Constr. Weekly Products Suppl. Sept. 18/3 The short section pipes enable Rauline to be used in manhole to manhole installations, minimising disruption caused by trench digging. < as lemmas |
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