horse hoe
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A horse-drawn cultivator, a tool for hoeing by draft (cultivating), resembling a small plough.
Dated
Example Sentences
- "The Cultivator, or Horse Hoe.—This is an instrument not as much known and used as it deserves and ought to be. It is adapted for operations between the plough and harrow, and at certain times is much better than either. It is half a plough, half harrow, and half hoe, and does all these operations conjointly. […] —Dr. Beekman."