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waterholing
waterholing n. Obsolete (in coffee cultivation) the action or practice of digging trenches between rows of plants.The trenches aid drainage and collect vegetable matter which is used as mulch.
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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.
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