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

The boy whose business it was to drive the team of the reaping machine hadn’t come, and Davie was only too proud and happy to be just in his place.

From Eunice by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)

In the distance the regular click of a reaping machine falls on the breeze.

From When the Birds Begin to Sing by Piffard, Harold

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

A few words as to the reaping machine, which contributed more than any other modern implement to the development of agriculture in the past century, may not be out of place.

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