tedder

¹ American  

[ted-er] / ˈtɛd ər /

noun

1. a person who teds.

2. an implement that turns and loosens hay after mowing in order to hasten drying.

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Tedder ² American  

[ted-er] / ˈtɛd ər /

noun

1. Arthur William, 1st Baron, 1890–1967, British Royal Air Force marshal and educator, born in Scotland.

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tedder ¹ British  

/ ˈtɛdə /

noun

1. a machine equipped with a series of small rotating forks for tedding hay

2. a person who teds

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Tedder ² British  

/ ˈtɛdə /

noun

1. Arthur William, 1st Baron Tedder of Glenguin. 1890–1967, British marshal of the Royal Air Force; deputy commander under Eisenhower of the Allied Expeditionary Force (1944–45)

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Etymology

Origin of tedder

First recorded in 1400–50, tedder is from the late Middle English word teddere. See ted, -er ¹

Example Sentences

Colt took over payments on a mower and tedder from his dad and also took over payments on his grandfather's mower.

From Time Magazine Archive

When thus cured it is stirred with the tedder often enough to aid in curing the hay quickly.

From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Shaw, Thomas

And these new means were the hay tedder to stir it, the horse hay-rake, the great hay-forks to load, and the hay-stackers.

From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry

The tedder also rendered raking by hand too slow, and the horse-rake, patented first in 1841, has immensely improved in the last thirty years.

From A Short History of English Agriculture by Curtler, W. H. R. (William Henry Ricketts)

Stir with the tedder as soon as the clover has wilted somewhat.

From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Shaw, Thomas