reaping machine

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It is a story about a woman of the farmlands who, when her lover is killed in a reaping machine, marries an unattractive neighbor to father her child.

From Time Magazine Archive

I did not see a mowing or a reaping machine in the Tyrol, either on this or the other side of the mountains.

From From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)

And now the platform is empty, and the only sound of life is the whirr of the reaping machine and the voices from the harvest field.

From Leaves in the Wind by Gardiner, A. G. (Alfred George)

Then came rapid development of the reaping machine.

From Rural Life and the Rural School by Kennedy, Joseph

It was at the time Mr. Hussey was residing in Baltimore that he turned his attention to the idea of a reaping machine and spent his leisure hours in working out his model.

From Obed Hussey Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap by Greeno, Follett Lamberton