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subsoiler

American  
[suhb-soi-ler] / ˈsʌbˌsɔɪ lər /

noun

  1. one who operates a subsoil plow.

  2. subsoil plow.


Etymology

Origin of subsoiler

First recorded in 1850–55; subsoil + -er 1


Example Sentences

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If possible, before planting, plow and cross-plow deeply, and have a subsoiler follow in each furrow.

From Success with Small Fruits by Edward Payson Roe

We marked off a plat two hundred feet by three hundred, about one and a half acres, carted a lot of manure on it, and ploughed it as deep as the subsoiler would reach.

From The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm by John Williams Streeter

I prefer young, thrifty trees, planted in furrows made with a plow and subsoiler.

From The Apple by Various

The ordinary plough was to be followed in this case by a subsoiler, to stir the earth as deep as possible.

From The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm by John Williams Streeter

Plants two-year-old trees, in trenches made with plow and subsoiler.

From The Apple by Various

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