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

Example Sentences

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disk harrow

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 Charles Landon Goodrich

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 John Andreas Widtsoe

There is temptation to carry the substitution of the disk harrow for the breaking-plow too far.

From Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement by Alva Agee

What are meant by the following terms: No. 1 spring, a corner, a disk harrow, a cradle, a flail, a separator, futures, warehouse certificates?

From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw) Redway

The disk harrow," he continued laughingly, "was broken in a curious way.

From Sons and Fathers by Harry Stillwell Edwards