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

Among the other machines: � A grubber that tears up trees and underbrush, grinds them up, then works the mulch deep into the earth behind it with a disk harrow.

From Time Magazine Archive

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 Agee, Alva

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

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

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 Redway, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw)