mowing machine

American  

[moh-ing] / ˈmoʊ ɪŋ /

noun

1. a machine for mowing or cutting down grass, grain, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of mowing machine

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

Example Sentences

Engineers are at present at work on a mowing machine which will stand rough seas, make production cheaper.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Manhattan, Army's beautifully timed interference cut down Illinois tacklers like a mowing machine and Ray Stecker ran behind the blades of the machine for two touchdowns.

From Time Magazine Archive

Up the street from the red brick bulk of Barracks "E"; marched the battalion of the Candidates' Class, its green-clad legs chiming as smoothly as the blades of a mowing machine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Poppet Green was "painting away like a mowing machine . . . bodiless heads, green horses and violet grass, seaweed, shells and funguses."

From Time Magazine Archive

Around the first of July, the work horses were hitched to the mowing machine, and Mr. Zuckerman climbed into the seat and drove into the field.

From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White