dry-farm
[ drahy-fahrm ]
/ ˈdraɪˌfɑrm /
verb (used without object)
to engage in dryland farming.
verb (used with object)
to grow (a specified crop) by means of dryland farming.
Origin of dry-farm
An Americanism dating back to 1915–20
OTHER WORDS FROM dry-farm
dry farmer, nounWords nearby dry-farm
dry-clean,
dry-cleanse,
dry-dock,
dry-dockage,
dry-eyed,
dry-farm,
dry-footing,
dry-gulch,
dry-nurse,
dry-roasted,
dry-rot
Example sentences from the Web for dry-farm
It was a cinch you couldn't turn loose and dry-farm that land and have even a fair chance of reaping a harvest.
The Flying U's Last Stand |B. M. BowerI've been keeping cases pretty close on this dry-farm craze, and this stampede for claims.
The Flying U's Last Stand |B. M. BowerThey say that folks can dry-farm the benches up toward the mountains—they can't, and I don't like to see nobody try it.
The Man Next Door |Emerson Hough