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gorru

gorru noun: a traditional seed drill.

Noun

gorru (plural gorrus)

  1. (India) A traditional seed drill.
    • The seed is then either sown broadcast and ploughed in twice, or else it is drilled in with the gorru and covered up and levelled with the guntaka.1891, Sir George Watt, Linum to Oyster, page 579
    • This is almost always done with a most ingenious drill, called in Telugu a gorru, and hardly ever by sowing broad-cast. The gorru has either three teeth or six. Three is the usual number.1905, W. Francis, Anantapur, page 44

Examples of gorru in a sentence

  • Part of one field was sown with the gorru by the 25th, but the remainder of this field and all the others were sown only after November 1st, because the almost daily rain made the land unworkable.1908, Madras (India : Presidency). Dept. of Agriculture, Report on the Operations of the Dept. of Agriculture, Madras Presidency, page 23
  • Gorrus or indigenous seed drills, with one and two seed hoppers, and akkadi tied to the second tine of the drill on the right.1960, V. T. Subbiah Mudaliar, South Indian Field Crops: By V.T.Subbiah Mudaliar:
  • Nitrogen and P205 are to be applied in gorru lines and covered before sowing.1973, Farm and Factory - Volume 8, page 34:
  • Bullock drawn hoes are worked to remove weeds in those fields where the crops are sown with Gorru.1979, Andhra Pradesh (India), Bh Sivasankaranarayana, M. V. Rajagopal, Andhra Pradesh District Gazetteers: Visakapatnam, page 66:

Forms of gorru

pluralgorrus

Origin of gorru

From Telugu గొర్రు (gorru).

Questions about gorru

What does gorru mean?
Gorru means a traditional seed drill.
How do you use gorru in a sentence?
Part of one field was sown with the gorru by the 25th, but the remainder of this field and all the others were sown only after November 1st, because the almost daily rain made the land unworkable.
What part of speech is gorru?
Gorru is a noun.
What is the plural of gorru?
The plural of gorru is gorrus.

Words near gorru in the dictionary

  1. Gorrells
  2. Gorrie
  3. Gorringe
  4. gorrit
  5. Gorrs
  6. gorru
  7. gorrus
  8. gorry
  9. gorse
  10. gorsedd
  11. gorseddau

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