WINDROW


Meaning of WINDROW in English

I. ˈwin(d)ˌrō noun

also win·row ˈwinˌrō

Etymology: wind (I) + row

1.

a.

(1) : a row of hay raked up to dry before being rolled or pitched into cocks

(2) : a similar row (as of grain) for drying

b. : a row heaped up by or as if by the wind

powdery new snow … cut sharp in windrows — Brooks Atkinson

the tides heap the western beaches with windrows of shells — Marjory S. Douglas

c.

(1) : a long low ridge of road-making material that has been scraped to the side of a road

(2) : bank , ridge , heap

these rock windrows, piled up as fields are cleared of stones, hold water on the land — Quentin Keynes

beneath the wagons lay windrows of slumbering men — T.W.Duncan

2. : a furrow in which sugarcane stalks are laid in order to obtain a new crop of cane from the eyes of the stalks or to protect the stalks from frost

II. transitive verb

also winrow “

( -ed/-ing/-s )

: to put into windrows

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