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  tedder

  noun

  a person who teds.
• Tedder
  Tedder

  noun

  Arthur William, 1st Baron, 1890–1967, British Royal Air Force marshal and educator, born in Scotland.

tedder

¹ American  

[ted-er] / ˈtɛd ər /

noun

1. a person who teds.

2. an implement that turns and loosens hay after mowing in order to hasten drying.

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Tedder ² American  

[ted-er] / ˈtɛd ər /

noun

1. Arthur William, 1st Baron, 1890–1967, British Royal Air Force marshal and educator, born in Scotland.

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tedder ¹ British  

/ ˈtɛdə /

noun

1. a machine equipped with a series of small rotating forks for tedding hay

2. a person who teds

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Tedder ² British  

/ ˈtɛdə /

noun

1. Arthur William, 1st Baron Tedder of Glenguin. 1890–1967, British marshal of the Royal Air Force; deputy commander under Eisenhower of the Allied Expeditionary Force (1944–45)

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Etymology

Origin of tedder

First recorded in 1400–50, tedder is from the late Middle English word teddere. See ted, -er ¹

Example Sentences

Colt took over payments on a mower and tedder from his dad and also took over payments on his grandfather's mower.

From Time Magazine Archive

Or, if the hay is slow in drying, as it was not this year, the kicking tedder goes over it, spreading it widely.

From Great Possessions by Grayson, David

Well, I jes' let her hab more rope, as de sayin' is, tell she got whar I 'cluded war 'bout de end ob her tedder.

From The Wit of Women Fourth Edition by Sanborn, Kate

And these new means were the hay tedder to stir it, the horse hay-rake, the great hay-forks to load, and the hay-stackers.

From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry

According to Fitzherbert, "in euery towneshyppe that standeth in tillage in the playne countrye, there be ... leyse to tye or tedder theyr horses and mares vpon."

From The Enclosures in England An Economic Reconstruction by Bradley, Harriett