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

The disk harrow is also used extensively throughout the summer in maintaining a proper mulch.

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

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

For following the plow, however, a more useful implement is the disk harrow, which is a comparatively recent invention.

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

As soon as the oats were off lots 10 and 11, they were ploughed and crossed with the disk harrow.

From The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm by Streeter, John Williams

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