subsoil plow


noun
  1. a plow for stirring the subsoil, usually without disturbing the surface.

Origin of subsoil plow

1
First recorded in 1825–35

Words Nearby subsoil plow

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How to use subsoil plow in a sentence

  • After the first foot is removed, if the ground be hard, a pick or subsoil plow must be used.

    Farm drainage | Henry Flagg French
  • The land should be thoroughly plowed, and if the clay subsoil comes near the surface it should be loosened with the subsoil plow.

  • Happily, they were sunk so low that the subsoil plow will never disturb them.

    What I know of farming: | Horace Greeley