backfurrow

backfurrow noun: the line of piled soil thrown up beside a furrow when it is created by a plow.

Noun

backfurrow (plural backfurrows)

The line of piled soil thrown up beside a furrow when it is created by a plow
- Harrow sections are usually held together by bolts and projecting eyes which permit them to follow the contours of terraces and backfurrows.1977, Archie Augustus Stone, Harold E. Gulvin, Machines for Power Farming, page 210

backfurrow (third-person singular simple present backfurrows, present participle backfurrowing, simple past and past participle backfurrowed)

To throw or turn the soil in alternating directions for every other row that is plowed, so that every pair of furrows has a single backfurrow with clear areas on the outside.
- Before planting, an attempt was made to list the ground, the land being ridged with an ordinary walking plow by backfurrowing.1923, Jenkin William Jones, Rice Experiments at the Biggs Rice Field Station in California, page 56

ಆಧಾರ ಉಕ್ಕೆಸಾಲು, ಬೆನ್ನುಸಾಲು

Noun
plural	backfurrows
Verb
third-person singular present	backfurrows
present participle	backfurrowing
past participle	backfurrowed
past	backfurrowed

From back- + furrow.

What does backfurrow mean?: Backfurrow means the line of piled soil thrown up beside a furrow when it is created by a plow.
What is backfurrow in Kannada?: Backfurrow in Kannada is ಆಧಾರ ಉಕ್ಕೆಸಾಲು, ಬೆನ್ನುಸಾಲು. See Backfurrow meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is backfurrow?: Backfurrow can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of backfurrow?: The plural of backfurrow is backfurrows.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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