mowing machine
[ moh-ing ]
noun
a machine for mowing or cutting down grass, grain, etc.
Origin of mowing machine
1An Americanism dating back to 1815–25
- Also called mower.
Words Nearby mowing machine
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How to use mowing machine in a sentence
He had a contrivance that looked like a small mowing machine, and was busily cutting swaths of wool along her sides.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthurHappening to remember that the mowing machine was standing in the barnyard, with the mowing-bar in the air, I examined it.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthurAll through schooltime the mowing-machine hummed its low harmony of perishable minutes and wasted sunlight.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton MackenzieThen he hastened to another field where the mowing machine was steadily moving across the lot.
American Inventions and Inventors | William A. MowryThen a mowing-machine arrived, and was carefully put on board with a great deal of bustle and loud talking.
Betty Leicester | Sarah Orne Jewett
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