ˈhoe-plough, n. ? Obs.
= horse-hoe.
| 1733 Tull Horse-hoeing Husb. xvi. 112 The Plow, which is almost the same with the Ho-Plow. 1775 Romans Florida 120 In a large field these hoeings are most commodiously performed by the hoe plough drawn by one horse. |
Hence hoe-plough v. trans., to hoe with a hoe-plough; hoe-ploughing vbl. n.
| 1733 Tull Horse-hoeing Husb. x. 45 You may Ho-plow them. 1770–4 A. Hunter Georg. Ess. (1803) I. 432 Hoe-ploughings necessary for completing the crop are three. 1790 Castles in Phil. Trans. LXXX. 356 The land should then be ploughed or hoe-ploughed twice. |