disk harrow

American  

noun

1. a harrow having a number of sharp-edged, concave disks set at such an angle that as the harrow is drawn along the ground they turn the soil, pulverize it, and destroy weeds.

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Etymology

Origin of disk harrow

First recorded in 1880–85

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disk harrow

When a soil is thin, there may be no better preparatory crop than the cowpea, which will not make too rank a growth in the north to prevent its handling with a weighted disk harrow.

From Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement by Agee, Alva

Soils which need the disk harrow should generally be gone over again with some shallower working tool to smooth the surface.

From The First Book of Farming by Goodrich, Charles Landon

When seeding is to be done immediately after plowing, the plow is followed by the disk harrow, and that in turn is followed by the smoothing harrow.

From Dry-Farming : a System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall by Widtsoe, John Andreas

Both of these troubles may be avoided by cutting up the vines with a disk harrow or other implement before covering them.

From Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition by Burkett, Charles William

Sometimes the disk harrow can be used to work up the soil in the orchard in the spring without any plowing at all, especially on loose loams where there are few stones.

From Apple Growing by Burritt, M. C.