windrow Meaning, Definition & Usage

Wind"row` noun

Etymology

Wind + row.

Definitions

1. A row or line of hay raked together for the purpose of being rolled into cocks or heaps.
2. Sheaves of grain set up in a row, one against another, that the wind may blow between them. Eng.
3. The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth on other land to mend it. Eng.

Wind"row transitive verb

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Windrowed ; present participle & verbal noun Windrowing

Definitions

1. To arrange in lines or windrows, as hay when newly made. Forby.