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

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reaping machine

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)

Dr. N. M. Hitt testified to a reaping machine being made by C. H. McCormick in 1831—it had a straight sickle blade.

From Obed Hussey Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap by Greeno, Follett Lamberton

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