cascrom

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A type of foot plough with a crooked spade component, used in the Scottish Highlands. Scotland
    — 1843, James Logan, The Scottish Gaël; Or, Celtic Manners: As Preserved Among the Highlanders, 1st American Edition, page 309, That excellent instrument the cascrom, literally crooked foot, a kind of foot plough, which the Highlanders can manage with great dexterity, and which is too little known,* is still used in mountainous districts, and, from its excellent adaptation to the culture of rugged and steep hills, where a plough cannot be used, is not likely ever to be superseded by any implement.

词形变化

cascroms plural caschrom alternative

词源

From Scottish Gaelic, from cas (“foot”) + crom (“crooked, bent”).
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