disk harrow

noun

1. a harrow having a number of sharp-edged, concave disks set at such an angle that as the harrow is drawn along the ground they turn the soil, pulverize it, and destroy weeds.

Word History and Origins

Origin of disk harrow¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Upon the plateau I saw my rusty old disk harrow–a legacy from Milt–standing on the brown earth.

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Soils which need the disk harrow should generally be gone over again with some shallower working tool to smooth the surface.

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An occasional cutting-up of the sod with a disk harrow does much good.

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The greatest difficulty in running a disk harrow or cultivator is to keep the boxings in good trim.

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As soon as the oats were off lots 10 and 11, they were ploughed and crossed with the disk harrow.

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