Backfurrow
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Backfurrow is a noun meaning (agriculture) The line of piled soil thrown up beside a furrow when it is created by a plow.
Meaning
(agriculture) The line of piled soil thrown up beside a furrow when it is created by a plow.
More Meanings
- (agriculture) 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.
Example Sentences
Before planting, an attempt was made to list the ground, the land being ridged with an ordinary walking plow by backfurrowing.
Harrow sections are usually held together by bolts and projecting eyes which permit them to follow the contours of terraces and backfurrows.
Word Forms
- backfurrows
- backfurrowing
- backfurrowed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include furrow, ploughing, furrowing, balk, land, plough.
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