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

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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

It is impossible to use a plow, a spade, or a reaping machine without injuring it and, in the end, wearing it out.

From Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy by John Bates Clark

These tough stems blunt the sickles of the reapers and the knives of the reaping machine.

From Wildflowers of the Farm by Arthur Owens Cooke

Obed Hussey and C. H. McCormick, were striving to produce a successful reaping machine for cutting grain and grass, as were many others, before and since.

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

In 1831 he put a reaping machine in the field for trial, but it failed to work and its inventor was completely discouraged.

From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Willis Duff Piercy

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