reaping machine
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
How many men has the self-binding reaping machine thrown for a time out of work?
From A Short History of English Agriculture by Curtler, W. H. R. (William Henry Ricketts)
The whole crop was cut by your reaping machine in eight days, using one team, a boy to drive and a man to manage the machine.
From Obed Hussey Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap by Greeno, Follett Lamberton
The knife-fingers and general arrangements and operation of the cutting apparatus are found in the reaping machine of O. Hussey, patented 31st Dec.,
From Obed Hussey Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap by Greeno, Follett Lamberton
On his farm Smith carried out his experiments in deep and thorough draining, and also invented a reaping machine, the subsoil plough and numerous other valuable appliances.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various
