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top dressing
noun
- a dressing of manure on the surface of land.
- the action of one who top-dresses.
- a top layer of gravel, crushed rock, etc., on a roadway.
top dressing
noun
- a surface application of manure or fertilizer to land
- a thin layer of loose gravel that covers the top of a road surface
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- top dresser noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of top dressing1
First recorded in 1755–65
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Example Sentences
Peruvian guano is most advantageously applied as a top-dressing to young corn and particularly to oats.
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For this reason it acts best when applied in small quantity as a top-dressing to grass-land, and to young corn.
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It has been employed alone for turnips, or mixed with farm-yard manure, and also as a top-dressing to cereals.
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Straw is occasionally employed as a manure, and sometimes even as a top-dressing for grass land.
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It is usually best to pull out the weeds and give the border a top-dressing each fall of well rotted manure.
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