catch cropn.

Brit.

/ˈkatʃ krɒp/, U.S.

/ˈkɛtʃ ˌkrɑp/,

/ˈkætʃ ˌkrɑp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: catch v., catch n.², crop n.

Etymology: < either catch v. or catch n.² + crop n. With sense 2 compare earlier catch n.² 11b and slightly later catch v. 45.

Agriculture.

†1. A crop that self-seeds or grows from seed sown in the previous year. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1685 G. Meriton Nomenclatura Clericalis 326 A Catch Crop, Corn that comes up of its own Sowing, Seges Restibilis.

2. A (usually quick-growing) supplementary crop sown or planted between successive main crops or between the rows of a main crop, to improve yield, to protect and enrich the soil, or as a substitute for an unsuccessful main crop.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [noun] > catch-crop

catch crop1838

midcrop1954

1838 Brit. Farmer's Mag. Jan. 403 Rye and rape are much sown as catch crops..for sheep feed, and on suitable soils they supply a bite when most wanted, from a deficiency of the heavier crops.

1869 Vermont Watchman & State Jrnl. 24 Feb. By way of a catch crop, he planted a row of cauliflowers down the middle.

1884 Sir T. Acland in Pall Mall Gaz. 25 Feb. 2/1 A labourer..can have two or even three successive crops. The farmer must remove his crop all at once.., and catch crops rarely pay on a farm.

1915 E. C. Parker Field Managem. & Crop Rotation ii. vi. 138 Buckwheat and turnips are two quick maturing crops that can be used to advantage as catch crops to follow small grains in the same growing season.

1977 Guardian 17 Feb. 19/5 You can keep sowing radish as a catch crop between rows of longer growing things right through until September.

2003 Farmers Guardian 14 Mar. 75/1 (advt.) Catch crops such as perennial ryegrass..take up nitrogen from the soil during periods when there is no main crop growing.

Derivatives

ˈcatch-cropping n. the practice of growing catch crops (sense 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [noun] > other systems of growing crops

water farming1811

catch-cropping1851

sharecropping1877

intercropping1898

intertillage1912

strip-cropping1936

alley farming1984

1851 York Herald 20 Dec. 3/6 The..system of cropping [fields No.] 422 and 423, is called catch cropping, which means getting all you can out of the land.

1887 Daily News 16 July 3/8 ‘Catch-cropping’..is now coming to be looked upon as a mark of skilful and thrifty farming.

1955 Spectator 22 Apr. 499/2 What is called catch cropping..is achieved by planting between rows of slow-growing vegetables; thus beans may be alternated in close rows with young brussel sprouts.

2011 J. Whittingham Grow Something to eat Every Day 124/1 Catch-cropping is particularly useful to fill the gap between winter brassicas..and tender summer crops.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	catch crop
释义	catch cropn. Brit. /ˈkatʃ krɒp/, U.S. /ˈkɛtʃ ˌkrɑp/, /ˈkætʃ ˌkrɑp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: catch v., catch n.², crop n. Etymology: < either catch v. or catch n.² + crop n. With sense 2 compare earlier catch n.² 11b and slightly later catch v. 45. Agriculture. †1. A crop that self-seeds or grows from seed sown in the previous year. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1685 G. Meriton Nomenclatura Clericalis 326 A Catch Crop, Corn that comes up of its own Sowing, Seges Restibilis. 2. A (usually quick-growing) supplementary crop sown or planted between successive main crops or between the rows of a main crop, to improve yield, to protect and enrich the soil, or as a substitute for an unsuccessful main crop. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > crop or crops > [noun] > catch-crop catch crop1838 midcrop1954 1838 Brit. Farmer's Mag. Jan. 403 Rye and rape are much sown as catch crops..for sheep feed, and on suitable soils they supply a bite when most wanted, from a deficiency of the heavier crops. 1869 Vermont Watchman & State Jrnl. 24 Feb. By way of a catch crop, he planted a row of cauliflowers down the middle. 1884 Sir T. Acland in Pall Mall Gaz. 25 Feb. 2/1 A labourer..can have two or even three successive crops. The farmer must remove his crop all at once.., and catch crops rarely pay on a farm. 1915 E. C. Parker Field Managem. & Crop Rotation ii. vi. 138 Buckwheat and turnips are two quick maturing crops that can be used to advantage as catch crops to follow small grains in the same growing season. 1977 Guardian 17 Feb. 19/5 You can keep sowing radish as a catch crop between rows of longer growing things right through until September. 2003 Farmers Guardian 14 Mar. 75/1 (advt.) Catch crops such as perennial ryegrass..take up nitrogen from the soil during periods when there is no main crop growing. Derivatives ˈcatch-cropping n. the practice of growing catch crops (sense 2). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [noun] > other systems of growing crops water farming1811 catch-cropping1851 sharecropping1877 intercropping1898 intertillage1912 strip-cropping1936 alley farming1984 1851 York Herald 20 Dec. 3/6 The..system of cropping [fields No.] 422 and 423, is called catch cropping, which means getting all you can out of the land. 1887 Daily News 16 July 3/8 ‘Catch-cropping’..is now coming to be looked upon as a mark of skilful and thrifty farming. 1955 Spectator 22 Apr. 499/2 What is called catch cropping..is achieved by planting between rows of slow-growing vegetables; thus beans may be alternated in close rows with young brussel sprouts. 2011 J. Whittingham Grow Something to eat Every Day 124/1 Catch-cropping is particularly useful to fill the gap between winter brassicas..and tender summer crops. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1685
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