English Explanatory Dictionary

backfurrow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The line of piled soil thrown up beside a furrow when it is created by a plow
verb
  1. 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.

Word forms

backfurrow backfurrows backfurrowing backfurrowed

Etymology

From back- + furrow.

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