trench-ploughtrench-plowv.
/ˈtrɛn(t)ʃplaʊ/ transitive and intransitive. To plough to the depth of two furrows, bringing the lower soil to the surface; to turn a second furrow-slice on the top of the first, by following in the same furrow with a plough set much deeper.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > plough (of person) [verb (intransitive)] > deep plough
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sub-plough1775
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > plough (land) [verb (transitive)] > deep plough
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sub1775
subsoil1818
subsoil-plough1844
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1731 J. Tull New Horse-houghing Husbandry 153 We Trench-plough where the Land will allow it.
1764 Museum Rusticum (1765) 3 xciv. 378 When I trench-plough a field, I go as deep with the second plough as four good horses and strong cattle can well draw.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 664 I trench-ploughed a field of 25 acres.
Derivatives
ˈtrench-plough n. a plough designed or adjusted for trench-ploughing; also used for trench-making in warfare.
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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > trenching-plough
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trench-plough1805
society > armed hostility > military equipment > [noun] > entrenching tools
banjo1918
trench-plough1918
piggy-stick1930
1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 11 The Trench-Plough, which is so contrived as to turn up the ground to a great depth.
1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms Trench-plough, a kind of plough for opening land to a greater depth than that of common furrows; a plough used in trench making.
ˈtrench-ploughing n. the action of the verb.
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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
1763 Museum Rusticum (1764) 1 343 If..the land had a trench-ploughing, it would be of great advantage.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 499 A conduit..was built and covered with land stones obtained from the field by trench-ploughing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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