checkrow

checkrow
verb
plant in checkrows
Hypernyms: ↑plant, ↑set
Verb Frames:
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I. \\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: check (II) (square) + row
: one of a series of rows (as of corn) dividing land into squares to permit cultivation both between and across the rows
II. transitive verb
: to plant or set in checkrows

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/chek"roh'/, Agric.
n.
1. one of a number of rows of trees or plants, esp. corn, in which the distance between adjacent trees or plants is equal to that between adjacent rows.
v.t.
2. to plant in checkrows.
[1855-60, Amer.; CHECK1 + ROW1]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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