tedder

See also: Tedder

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English teddere; equivalent to ted +‎ -er.

Noun

tedder (plural tedders)

2. (agriculture) A machine for stirring and spreading hay, to speed up its drying.

   Synonym: hay tedder

Coordinate terms

• baler
• hayrake

 

Translations

machine for stirring and spreading hay

• Chinese: 翻草機／翻草机
• Czech: obraceč m, obracečka f
• Danish: høvender
• Finnish: pöyhin
• German: Heuwender (de) m
• Italian: spandifieno m
• Polish: przetrząsacz m
• Russian: сеновороши́лка (ru) f (senovorošílka)
• Swedish: hövändare

Etymology 2

Verb

tedder (third-person singular simple present tedders, present participle teddering, simple past and past participle teddered)

1. Alternative form of tether

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “tedder”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)