mowing machine

[ moh-ing ]

noun

1. a machine for mowing or cutting down grass, grain, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mowing machine¹

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

Example Sentences

Inspire’s fall 2010 issue featured an article titled “The Ultimate Mowing Machine,” which proposed “a simple idea”: “use the pickup truck … not to mow grass but mow down the enemies of Allah.”

From Slate

On the grass banks above the lawns the gardener started his mowing machine.

From Literature

Around the first of July, the work horses were hitched to the mowing machine, and Mr. Zuckerman climbed into the seat and drove into the field.

From Literature

In 2010, Al Qaeda promoted the use of cars to run over people in its online magazine, in an article titled “The Ultimate Mowing Machine.”

From New York Times

“How helpless we are with a screw or a saw, how futile our attempts to adjust a loose door-handle, or to set the knives of a mowing machine!”

From Slate