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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Example Sentences

Cultivate up to this time with twenty-inch disc harrow, and grow no crop.

From The Apple by Various

The best tool for cultivating is a disc harrow.

From The Apple by Various

I cultivate my young orchard to corn and potatoes, using a disc harrow, and cease cropping when they begin to bear.

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

He must often chop last year’s stalks with a disc harrow or with a stalk cutter.

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