† strike-balk, v. Agric. Obs.
[Formation not clear: perh. orig. a phrase, strike v. 16 + balk n.1 3; but cf. balk v.1 1.]
See quot. 1736: = rest-balk v. (Young's explanation is app. due to misapprehension).
| 1736 J. Lewis I. of Tenet (ed. 2) 39 Strike-baulk, to plough one Furrow, and leave another. 1784–1815 Young's Annals Agric. I. 308 (E.D.S.) Strike-balking. 1807 T. Rudge Agric. Glouc. (1813) 110 In the neighbourhood of Stow..it is the practice, in dry seasons, to plough one furrow and leave one; which is called ‘risbalking’, or ‘strike balking’. |