trench-plough, -plow, v.
(ˈtrɛn(t)ʃplaʊ)
[f. trench n. or v. + plough v.]
trans. and intr. To plough to the depth of two furrows, bringing the lower soil to the surface; to turn a second furrow-slice on the top of the first, by following in the same furrow with a plough set much deeper.
| 1731–3 Tull Horse-hoeing Husb. xix. 274 We Trench-plow where the Land will allow it. 1764 Museum Rust. III. xciv. 378 When I trench-plough a field, I go as deep with the second plough as four good horses and strong cattle can well draw. 1844 Stephens Bk. Farm I. 664, I trench-ploughed a field of 25 acres. |
Hence ˈtrench-plough n., a plough designed or adjusted for trench-ploughing; also used for trench-making in warfare; ˈtrench-ploughing vbl. n., the action of the verb.
| 1763 Museum Rust. I. 343 If..the land had a trench-ploughing, it would be of great advantage. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 11 The Trench-Plough, which is so contrived as to turn up the ground to a great depth. 1844 Stephens Bk. Farm I. 499 A conduit..was built and covered with land stones obtained from the field by trench-ploughing. 1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms, Trench-plough, a kind of plough for opening land to a greater depth than that of common furrows; a plough used in trench making. |