windrow
/ˈwɪnd.ɹəʊ/
Etymology
From wind + row.
windrow means A row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
windrow is pronounced /ˈwɪnd.ɹəʊ/.
noun
- A row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field.
- A line of leaves etc heaped up by the wind.
- A similar streak of seaweed etc on the surface of the sea formed by Langmuir circulation.
- A line of gravel left behind by the edge of a grader’s blade.
- A line of gravel left behind by the edge of a grader’s blade.; A ridge or berm at a perimeter
- A line of snow left behind by the edge of a snowplow’s blade.
verb
- To arrange (e.g. new-made hay) in lines or windrows.“This cool spell favored the cane shipped to some extent, for if the weather had remained as warm for three or four days as it was Friday, all the cane that was windrowed after the freeze would have been lost and much of it that was windrowed before the freeze would have met a like fate.”