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a tined auger mounted on a horizontal power-driven shaft, for pulverizing unplowed soil preparatory to planting. Also called rotary tiller.[1885-90]
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rotary plow
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rotary plow — noun 1. : a plow having a rotating propeller shaped element for throwing snow aside 2. : a rotary tiller : a plow with rapidly revolving blades or hooked fingers * * * a tined auger mounted on a horizontal power driven shaft, for pulverizing… … Useful english dictionary
plow — Synonyms and related words: all crop harvester, backset, baler, bank, bean harvester, beet harvester, binder, break, breaker, canal, canalize, carve, cast plow, chamfer, channel, chisel, combine, corrugate, cotton picker, crab, crack, crimp,… … Moby Thesaurus
rotary tiller — 1. rototiller. 2. rotary plow. * * * rotary plow or rotary tiller, a tool with blades on a revolving horizontal shaft. The revolving blades rip up and break up the soil. It is also used to clear snowdrifts … Useful english dictionary
rotary tiller — 1. rototiller. 2. rotary plow. * * * … Universalium
Rotary snowplow — A rotary snowplow is a piece of railroad snowfighting equipment. It is characterized by the large circular set of blades on its front end that rotate as a unit to cut through the snow on the track ahead of it. In this way, a rotary snowplow is… … Wikipedia
plow — plowable, adj. plowability, n. plower, n. /plow/, n. 1. an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil. 2. any of various implements resembling or suggesting this, as a kind of plane for cutting… … Universalium
Rotary tiller — A rotary tiller, also known as a rototiller, rotavator, rotary hoe, power tiller, or rotary plough (in US: plow), is a motorised cultivator that works the soil by means of rotating tines or blades. Rotary tillers are either self propelled or… … Wikipedia
rotary plough — /roʊtəri ˈplaʊ/ (say rohtuhree plow) noun a series of swinging knives mounted on a horizontal power driven shaft which pulverise unploughed soil, for planting, in one operation. Also, rotary tiller …
rotaryplow — rotary plow n. A plow having a series of hoes arranged on a revolving power driven shaft. Also called rotary tiller. * * * … Universalium
rotarytiller — rotary tiller n. See rotary plow. * * * … Universalium
