self-binder

[ self-bahyn-der ]

noun

, Agriculture.

1. binder ( def 5b ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-binder¹

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Example Sentences

It is the half-way mark, the child of the reaper and the parent of the self-binder.

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And, far more discouraging, the magical self-binder itself suddenly became ill-humored and refused to form its sheaves properly.

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David M. Osborne backed a new self-binder, lost a million, and died of heartbreak.

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In one instance the author treated a case wherein the fetlock joint was perforated by the sickle-guard of a self-binder.

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The evolution of the reaper into the twine self-binder was an epoch-making event in the agricultural world.

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