self-binder

American  

[self-bahyn-der] / ˈsɛlfˈbaɪn dər /

noun

Agriculture.

1. binder.

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Etymology

Origin of self-binder

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Example Sentences

Germany takes a toll of $11 on every self-binder, and Austria takes $25.

From The Romance of the Reaper by Casson, Herbert Newton

The plough, the self-binder, the thresher were all invented on the farm.

From The French in the Heart of America by Finley, John

So, when Deering met John F. Appleby, a stocky mechanic who claimed to have invented a twine self-binder, he at once set him to work upon fifty of the new machines.

From The Romance of the Reaper by Casson, Herbert Newton

Then a man named Withington appeared with a much better self-binder.

From The Romance of the Reaper by Casson, Herbert Newton

One day, a few years before his death, Prince Bismarck was driving on his estate, closely following a self-binder that had recently been put to work.

From The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry by Hendrick, Burton Jesse