reaping machine

American  

noun

1. any of various machines for reaping grain, often fitted with a device for automatically throwing out bundles of the cut grain.

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Etymology

Origin of reaping machine

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

It is a story about a woman of the farmlands who, when her lover is killed in a reaping machine, marries an unattractive neighbor to father her child.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then came rapid development of the reaping machine.

From Rural Life and the Rural School by Kennedy, Joseph

Then there was Cyrus McCormick, who invented the reaping machine.

From The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read by Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman

The old man came through the underbrush like a reaping machine, and of course the police took after them.

From The Deaves Affair by Footner, Hulbert

These tough stems blunt the sickles of the reapers and the knives of the reaping machine.

From Wildflowers of the Farm by Cooke, Arthur Owens