tedder

See also: Tedder

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English teddere; equivalent to ted +‎ -er.

Noun

tedder (plural tedders)

2. (agriculture) A machine for stirring and spreading hay, to speed up its drying.

   Synonym: hay tedder

Coordinate terms

• baler
• hayrake

 

Translations

machine for stirring and spreading hay

• Chinese: 翻草機／翻草机
• Czech: obraceč m, obracečka f
• Danish: høvender
• Finnish: pöyhin
• German: Heuwender (de) m
• Italian: spandifieno m
• Polish: przetrząsacz m
• Russian: сеновороши́лка (ru) f (senovorošílka)
• Swedish: hövändare

Etymology 2

Verb

tedder (third-person singular simple present tedders, present participle teddering, simple past and past participle teddered)

1. Pronunciation spelling of tether.

References

• “tedder”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.