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mowburning

mowburning noun: damage to hay caused by overheating while in storage.

Noun

mowburning (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Damage to hay caused by overheating while in storage.
    • In hay for hunters or racehorses, the two extremes must be carefully avoided—over-fermentation, producing mowburning; or under-fermentation, producing mouldiness.1855, Knightley William Horlock, Horses and hounds: a practical treatise on their management, by 'Scrutator', page 30
    • A practice has long prevailed in some districts, and has, for some time, been generally recommended by many high agricultural authorities, of mixing salt with hay which has been damaged by rain, in the proportion from 14 to 28 lbs. of salt to a load of hay; and when this practice is observed at the...1860, John Marius Wilson, editor, The Rural Cyclopedia, Or A General Dictionary of Agriculture, volume 2

Origin of mowburning

From mow + burning.

Questions about mowburning

What does mowburning mean?
Mowburning means damage to hay caused by overheating while in storage.
What part of speech is mowburning?
Mowburning is a noun.

Words near mowburning in the dictionary

  1. Mowbray
  2. Mowbray Park
  3. Mowbrays
  4. mowburn
  5. mowburned
  6. mowburning
  7. mowburns
  8. mowburnt
  9. Mowdy
  10. Mowdys
  11. mowed

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