| 单词 | turnwrest |
| 释义 | turnwrest, a. (n.)|ˈtɜːnrɛst|
Also 8–9 turnwrist, -rise, 9 -rice.
[f. turn- + wrest n. (See also reest n.)]
turnwrest plough, a plough in which the mould-board may be shifted from one side to the other at the end of each furrow, so that the furrow-slice is always thrown the same way; a one-way plough.
In the 18th cent. freq. called the Kentish plough.
1653W. Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. ii. xxix. (ed. 3) 203 There is another double Wheeled-plough, & it is called the Turn wrest plough, which of all ploughs that ever I saw, surpasseth for weight and clumsiness. 1766Museum Rust. VI. 129 He had made one, which he called a turn-rise plough. 1794A. Pringle Agric. Westmorland 34 The turnwrist plough is about to be introduced into the county. 1812Sir J. Sinclair Syst. Husb. Scot. i. 156 A plough with a shifting mould-board, usually called a turn-wrest plough, admits of ploughing both backwards and forwards. 1846Davis in Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. VII. ii. 526 This I accomplished with a monster turn-rice plough made for the purpose. 1856Morton Cyclop. Agric. II. 628–30 [Various forms described]. 1884W. Sussex Gaz. 25 Sept., Strong turnwrist, round, snap, and strike furrow ploughs.
transf.1844Stephens Bk. Farm II. 624 The mountain turn-wrist snow-plough.
b. ellipt. as n. Also attrib.
1778W. H. Marshall Minutes Agric. 25 Oct. an. 1775, A Turn-wrist is obviously preferable to a fixed-wrist, for cross-plowing. 1846Clarke in Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. VII. ii. 512 The old Kentish turn-wrest. 1902Westm. Gaz. 7 Nov. 7/2 In the North Kent Agricultural Association's ploughing match..the variety of ploughs to be seen was surprising. The old wooden turnrise type was well to the fore. |
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