disc harrow

British  

noun

1. a harrow with sharp-edged slightly concave discs mounted on horizontal shafts and used to cut clods or debris on the surface of the soil or to cover seed after planting

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disc harrow

I generally use a common plow and disc harrow during the summer, where I have no crop in.

From The Apple by Various

I cultivate my trees until too large, using a disc harrow.

From The Apple by Various

I use a disc harrow and one-horse, five-tooth cultivator; I then sow to red clover, and cease cropping when the limbs reach out far enough to prevent me passing through with the hay-rack.

From The Apple by Various

I cultivate my trees eight years; first four to potatoes, using a disc harrow; plow shallow among young trees; plant nothing in a bearing orchard.

From The Apple by Various

The spike tooth or the disc harrow must work again after the plowing is finished.

From The Fabric of Civilization A Short Survey of the Cotton Industry in the United States by Guaranty Trust Company of New York