windrower

noun

wind·​row·​er

-ōə(r)

plural -s

1

: a curved finger device attached to the rear of the cutter bar of a mowing machine to windrow the swath

2

: side-delivery rake

3

: swather

4

: a sugarcane cutter that drops the cut cane into large rows

Word History

Etymology

windrow entry 2 + -er

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