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drag-harrow

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1744, OED Evaluation: N/A

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They used ploughs. And, ah, ah, at the- the very first, all I had was ploughs and a drag harrow. Just drew by horses.
A soil cultivation implement used to smooth the ground as well as loosen it after it has been plowed and packed; consists of many flexible iron teeth usually arranged into three rows.
Speaker: Well, I guess, ah, they're- where they- they ploughed it out of, they called that the furrow and ah, I know- I don't know what else we'd say. Interviewer: Yeah. And then you said you used a- a harrow drag next? Speaker: Yes, just a drag harrow. Interviewer: A drag harrow. Speaker: Drag harrow. Interviewer: Sorry, I got the- (laughs) I didn't know that. And what would that do? Speaker: Well that levelled, you see. ... It was just- ah, the harrow, it had teeth. ... Ah, it was an iron affair. Well, in fact there was a- the very first there was- was a sheet of pins roll down through a wooden- ah, wood. And, ah, made- but the- the drag harrow, it had teeth on both- that'd be six inches long.
A soil cultivation implement used to smooth the ground as well as loosen it after it has been plowed and packed; consists of many flexible iron teeth usually arranged into three rows.