horse hoe

English

horse hoe, early 20th century

Noun

horse hoe (plural horse hoes)

1. (dated) A horse-drawn cultivator, a tool for hoeing by draft (cultivating), resembling a small plough.

   Hypernyms: hoe; cultivator < implement

   Coordinate terms: hand hoe, wheel hoe

   • 1841, Jesse Buel, quoting Dr. Beekman, The Farmers' Instructor. Consisting of Essays, Practical Directions, and Hints for the Management of the Farm and the Garden. Originally Published in the Cultivator; Selected and Revised for the School District Library‎^[1], volume 1, Harper and Brothers, pages 244-246:

     The Cultivator, or Horse Hoe.—This is an instrument not as much known and used as it deserves and ought to be. It is adapted for operations between the plough and harrow, and at certain times is much better than either. It is half a plough, half harrow, and half hoe, and does all these operations conjointly. […] —Dr. Beekman.