tang
To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees to land so it may be captured by the beekeeper.
Agricultural equipment
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tankage
Waste matter from tanks, especially the dried nitrogenous residue from tanks in which fat has been rendered, used as a fertilizer.
taungya
A Burmese agricultural technique in which the spaces between small, widely-spaced trees are used to plant a seasonal crop.
tedder
A machine for stirring and spreading hay, to speed up its drying.
tet
A tetraploid plant cultivar (iris, daylily etc.).
thinning
Process of removing plants or parts of plants to facilitate the growth of other plants
thresh
To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.
threshing floor
The floor of a threshing house or similar area where grain is threshed.
thug
An overvigorous plant that spreads and dominates the flowerbed.
tillage radish
Daikon, particularly when its large roots are left in a field through the winter to reduce soil compaction, rather than harvested for consumption.
tillering
The property of grass species to produce multiple side shoots or tillers.
tomato cage
A cage-like structure placed around a growing tomato plant to support the fruit.
tongue grafting
A technique that joins a scion to a rootstock by making matching long diagonal cuts and interlocking "tongue" cuts, maximizing cambium contact for a strong union.
topsoil
The upper layer of soil, typically most fertile and in which it is the easiest to start new plants.
total digestible nutrients
The total fiber, protein, lipid, and carbohydrate in a feed which can be converted into energy for an animal.
trainer
A device for encouraging the roots of a plant to grow in a certain direction.
trap crop
A crop that is planted in order to attract agricultural pests away from nearby crops.
trash
The disused stems, leaves, or vines of a crop, sometimes mixed with weeds, which will either be plowed in as green manure or be removed by raking, grazing, or burning.
treillage
latticework for supporting vines, etc.; an espalier; a trellis.
trough
A channel for conveying water or other farm liquids (such as milk) from place to place by gravity; any ‘U’ or ‘V’ cross-sectioned irrigation channel.
turnplough
A type of plough that is designed to turn over the soil, often by the use of a mouldboard.
turnwrest
A cumbersome kind of plough formerly used in England, especially in Kent.
uncapping
Wax removed from a honeycomb.
under glass
prep phraseAgricultural equipment
In a greenhouse, a cold frame, or a similar structure; said of the propagation and growth of plants.
underwater
To water or irrigate insufficiently.
varroa
Infestation with the mite Varroa destructor, or the disease caused by such mites.
volunteer
A plant that grows spontaneously, without being cultivated on purpose; see volunteer plant in Wikipedia.
washpit
An outdoor pit with water running through it, used to wash livestock.
whipstitch
Half-ploughing or raftering.
wick
The growing part of a plant nearest to the roots.
widger
A small gardening tool used to loosen soil, consisting of a long thin spatula with a handle.
wilderness
An ornamental part of a garden or park cultivated with trees and often a maze to evoke a natural wilderness.
windboard
In a mechanical harvester, a board which shelters harvested grain and prevents it being blown away by the wind.
windbreak
A hedge, fence or row of trees positioned to reduce wind damage to crops.
winding
The act of winnowing (“subjecting food grain to a current of air to separate the grain from the chaff”).
winnow
To subject (granular material, especially food grain) to a current of air separating heavier and lighter components, as grain from chaff.
winter-hained
adjectiveAgricultural equipment
Of pasture: having livestock removed from it so that it may recover from grazing.
wrest
A metal (formerly wooden) piece of some ploughs attached under the mouldboard (the curved blade that turns over the furrow) for clearing out the furrow; the mouldboard itself.