mowing machine

[ moh-ing ]

/ ˈmoʊ ɪŋ /

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noun

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

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Also called mower.

Origin of mowing machine

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

Words nearby mowing machine

mowdie, mow down, mower, mower deck, mowing, mowing machine, Mowlam, mown, mowrah, mowrah fat, MOX

How to use mowing machine in a sentence

He had a contrivance that looked like a small mowing machine, and was busily cutting swaths of wool along her sides.
The Red Cow and Her Friends|Peter McArthur
Happening to remember that the mowing machine was standing in the barnyard, with the mowing-bar in the air, I examined it.
The Red Cow and Her Friends|Peter McArthur
All through schooltime the mowing-machine hummed its low harmony of perishable minutes and wasted sunlight.
Sinister Street, vol. 1|Compton Mackenzie
Then he hastened to another field where the mowing machine was steadily moving across the lot.
American Inventions and Inventors|William A. Mowry

Then a mowing-machine arrived, and was carefully put on board with a great deal of bustle and loud talking.
Betty Leicester|Sarah Orne Jewett