subsoiler

American  

[suhb-soi-ler] / ˈsʌbˌsɔɪ lər /

noun

1. one who operates a subsoil plow.

2. subsoil plow.

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Etymology

Origin of subsoiler

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

Example Sentences

I plant in furrows each way, 16�30 feet, running a subsoiler in the furrows, and use straight, smooth, two-year-old trees.

From The Apple by Various

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

From Success with Small Fruits by Roe, Edward Payson

If you are not ready to go to this expense, a subsoiler, following the plow with another team, would put your land in better shape for dry farming or for irrigation than it is now.

From One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered by Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James)

The alfalfa is the silent subsoiler, and when the whole quarter is seeded we’ll pull that mortgage up by the roots, all right.”

From Winning the Wilderness by Marchand, J. N.

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 Streeter, John Williams