ˈridger
[ridge n.1 or v.]
1. dial. = ridge-band.
| 1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 322 Two Ropes or Chains..are held by the Ridger of the Cart-saddle. 1838 Holloway Prov. Dict. 1854 A. E. Baker Northampt. Gloss. s.v. Ridge-band, Ridge-band..in Suffolk..is called ridger;..and ridge-rope in London and its vicinity. |
2. A ridging implement.
| 1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 315/2 An implement which he calls a Ridger and Subsoiler. By means of it the soil..is thrown into 36-inch ridges. a 1890 Sci. Amer. LXII. 181 (Cent. Dict.), A small ridger or subsoiler extending below to form a small furrow into which the seed is dropped. 1947 T. Hennell Countryman at Work 70 The ‘free ends’ of the thatch (where the building ends vertically, and the thatch cannot be continued round the corners) must be made up to the proper thickness within long rods or ridgers, which are first bent upwards to a right angle, pinned in the edges of thatch, finally bent again and pinned down across it. 1977 Grimsby Even. Tel. 5 May 3/6 (Advt.), BMB Iron Horse, in perfect working order, with two pair of wheels,..plough, drag, skerry, potato lifter and ridger. |