subsoilers

Noun

subsoiler (plural subsoilers)

1. A type of plough that loosens the subsoil.
   • Then I purchased ploughs, including a subsoiler, a harrow, cultivator, and other tools. One acre of the whole was in clover, another was set aside as being occupied by the dwelling-house, garden, stable, and barnyard; but much the larger half of that acre was allowed for garden purposes. This left...1864, Edmund Morris, “Chapter VI: Planting a peach orchard. How to preserve peach-trees”, in Ten Acres Enough: A Practical Experience Showing How a Very Small Farm May be Made to Keep a Very Large...