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

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.

The disk harrow has some place as a substitute for a plow, but when its use results in making a soil more shallow, the harm is a most serious one.

From Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement by Agee, Alva

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

From Sons and Fathers by Edwards, Harry Stillwell

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