mowing machine

[ moh-ing ]

noun
  1. a machine for mowing or cutting down grass, grain, etc.

Origin of mowing machine

1
An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

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.

  • Happening to remember that the mowing machine was standing in the barnyard, with the mowing-bar in the air, I examined it.

  • All through schooltime the mowing-machine hummed its low harmony of perishable minutes and wasted sunlight.

    Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton Mackenzie
  • Then he hastened to another field where the mowing machine was steadily moving across the lot.

  • Then a mowing-machine arrived, and was carefully put on board with a great deal of bustle and loud talking.

    Betty Leicester | Sarah Orne Jewett