reaping machine

American  

noun

1. any of various machines for reaping grain, often fitted with a device for automatically throwing out bundles of the cut grain.

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Etymology

Origin of reaping machine

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

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reaping machine

It is a story about a woman of the farmlands who, when her lover is killed in a reaping machine, marries an unattractive neighbor to father her child.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. N. M. Hitt testified to a reaping machine being made by C. H. McCormick in 1831—it had a straight sickle blade.

From Obed Hussey Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap by Greeno, Follett Lamberton

Mr Bell of Toronto exhibited his excellent plough, straw-cutter, and reaping machine.

From History of Farming in Ontario by James, C. C. (Charles Canniff)

These tough stems blunt the sickles of the reapers and the knives of the reaping machine.

From Wildflowers of the Farm by Cooke, Arthur Owens

At the opening of this century it was thought that a successful reaping machine had been invented, and a reward had been voted by Parliament to its author.

From Obed Hussey Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap by Greeno, Follett Lamberton