1733 J. Tull xxii. 154 The Spring of the Turnep-Drill being so very thin [etc.].
1805 R. W. Dickson I. 17 Turnip-Drill..for sowing turnips on the tops of one-bout ridges.
1856 J. C. Morton II. 1026 The proper width of a turnip drill in Scotland seems..to be..twenty-seven inches.