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

On the grass banks above the lawns the gardener started his mowing machine.

From Literature

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 Literature

In 2010, Al Qaeda promoted the use of cars to run over people in its online magazine, in an article titled “The Ultimate Mowing Machine.”

From New York Times

“How helpless we are with a screw or a saw, how futile our attempts to adjust a loose door-handle, or to set the knives of a mowing machine!”

From Slate

The piece called for jihadists to use vehicles as a “mowing machine, not to mow grass but mow down the enemies of Allah” and suggested using a four-wheel-drive pickups “to achieve maximum carnage.”

From Washington Times