单词 | waterholing |
释义 | > as lemmaswaterholing ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of specific crops > [noun] > coffee > specific process waterholing1870 1870 W. Sabonadière Coffee Planter of Ceylon (ed. 2) 61 The cost of loosening or renovating the soil with the fork is about the same as waterholing [1866 open trenching]. 1880 Spons' Encycl. Industr. Arts II. 698 A third operation is called ‘trenching’, or ‘waterholing’. The trenches are made across the slope, and may be either open or closed. 1896 Central Afr. Planter May 172/1 Some manures render dormant plant food active, and under this head must be classed such operations as water holing, trenching, etc. < as lemmas |
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