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单词 turnwrest
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turnwrestadj.n.

/ˈtəːnrɛst/
Forms: Also 1700s–1800s turnwrist, turnrise, 1800s turnrice.
Etymology: < turn- comb. form + wrest n.2 (See also reest n.)
a. turnwrest plough n. a plough in which the mould-board may be shifted from one side to the other at the end of each furrow, so that the furrow-slice is always thrown the same way; a one-way plough. In the 18th cent. frequently called the Kentish plough.
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turnwrest plough1652
turnwrest1775
swivel-plough1875
1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xxix. 201 There is another double Wheeled-plough, and it is called the Turn-wrest plough, which of all ploughs that ever I saw, surpasseth for weight, and clumsiness.
1766 Museum Rusticum 6 129 He had made one, which he called a turn-rise plough.
1794 A. Pringle Gen. View Agric. Westmoreland 34 The turnwrist plough is about to be introduced into the county.
1812 J. Sinclair Acct. Syst. Husbandry Scotl. i. 156 A plough with a shifting mould-board, usually called a turn-wrest plough, admits of ploughing both backwards and forwards.
1846 Davis in Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 7 ii. 526 This I accomplished with a monster turn-rice plough made for the purpose.
1856 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. II. 628–30 [Various forms described].
1884 West Sussex Gaz. 25 Sept. 2/5 Strong turnwrist, round, snap, and strike furrow ploughs.
transf.1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 624 The mountain turn-wrist snow-plough.
b. ellipt. as n. Also attrib.
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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > one-way or turnwrest plough
turnwrest plough1652
turnwrest1775
swivel-plough1875
1775 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 25 Oct. (1778) A Turn-wrist is obviously preferable to a fixed-wrist, for cross-plowing.
1846 Clarke in Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 7 ii. 512 The old Kentish turn-wrest.
1902 Westm. Gaz. 7 Nov. 7/2 In the North Kent Agricultural Association's ploughing match..the variety of ploughs to be seen was surprising. The old wooden turnrise type was well to the fore.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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