contour ploughing

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ploughing following the contours of the land, to minimize the effects of erosion

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Words nearby contour ploughing

contouring, contour integration, contour interval, contour line, contour map, contour ploughing, contour sheet, contr., contra, contraband, contrabandist

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How to use contour ploughing in a sentence

It also reveals in vivid visual form the precise contour of the transition.
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Dragon skins hung in some parish churches and ploughing regularly turned up elf arrows, little-worked flints of great delicacy.
The Best of Brit Lit|Peter Stothard|November 11, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Under the one-sixth they appear as slender, highly refractive fibers with double contour and, often, curled or split ends.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Day after day while the spring ploughing went on, the strange pair followed the plough together.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey

And then—when the spring ploughing is finished—I should want you to supply me with angleworms for the same length of time.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
The Girl went away to talk to the cultivator's wife and baby, and the afternoon ploughing began.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
In such cases the benefits of subsoil ploughing and deep ploughing are conspicuous.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson