mowing machine

[ moh-ing ]

/ ˈmoʊ ɪŋ /

a machine for mowing or cutting down grass, grain, etc.

Also called mower.

Origin of mowing machine

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

mowdie, mowe, mower, mower deck, mowing, mowing machine, mowlam, mown, mowrah, mowrah fat, mox

All through schooltime the mowing-machine hummed its low harmony of perishable minutes and wasted sunlight.

Sinister Street, vol. 1 |Compton Mackenzie
A mowing-machine wheel is keyed to the outer end of the tumbling rod.

Farm Mechanics |Herbert A. Shearer
Its enormous lips act like a mowing-machine, and form a path of short-cropped grass as it feeds.

A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries |David Livingstone
My farmer describes how they attended him one foggy day, as he was mowing in the meadow with a mowing-machine.

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 |Various

All this time the mowing-machine kept up a click-clack-click-clack!

The Tale of Cuffy Bear |Arthur Scott Bailey