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backfurrow en · NOUN

Etymology

From back- + furrow.

Meanings

1. The line of piled soil thrown up beside a furrow when it is created by a plow
   • Harrow sections are usually held together by bolts and projecting eyes which permit them to follow the contours of terraces and backfurrows. 1977, Archie Augustus Stone, Harold E. Gulvin, Machines for Power Farming, page 210:

Forms

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backfurrows	Number=Plur		lexicographic

backfurrow en · VERB

Etymology

From back- + furrow.

Meanings

1. To throw or turn the soil in alternating directions for every other row that is plowed, so that every pair of furrows has a single backfurrow with clear areas on the outside.
   • Before planting, an attempt was made to list the ground, the land being ridged with an ordinary walking plow by backfurrowing. 1923, Jenkin William Jones, Rice Experiments at the Biggs Rice Field Station in California, page 56:

Forms

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backfurrowed	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
backfurrowed	Tense=Past		lexicographic
backfurrowing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
backfurrows	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic