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

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

And now the platform is empty, and the only sound of life is the whirr of the reaping machine and the voices from the harvest field.

From Leaves in the Wind by Gardiner, A. G. (Alfred George)

He was also the designer of a reaping machine, and made one and showed it with real corn for his "Benefit" on the stage of the Theatre Royal in 1815.

From Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically by Harman, Thomas T.

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

The old man came through the underbrush like a reaping machine, and of course the police took after them.

From The Deaves Affair by Footner, Hulbert