"gorru" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gorrus [plural]
Etymology: From Telugu గొర్రు (gorru). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|te|గొర్రు}} Telugu గొర్రు (gorru) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gorru (plural gorrus)
  1. (India) A traditional seed drill. Tags: India
    Sense id: en-gorru-en-noun-WFs0NBZK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Indian English

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "1891, Sir George Watt, Linum to Oyster, page 579",
          "text": "The seed is then either sown broadcast and ploughed in twice, or else it is drilled in with the gorru and covered up and levelled with the guntaka.",
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          "ref": "1905, W. Francis, Anantapur, page 44",
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          "ref": "1908, Madras (India : Presidency). Dept. of Agriculture, Report on the Operations of the Dept. of Agriculture, Madras Presidency, page 23",
          "text": "Part of one field was sown with the gorru by the 25th, but the remainder of this field and all the others were sown only after November 1st, because the almost daily rain made the land unworkable."
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          "ref": "1916, Agricultural College (Coimbatore, India), A Note-book of Agricultureal Facts and Figures, page 35",
          "text": "A team consists of one air with three-tined gorru, tines 10 inches apart, one pair with guntaka, two drivers and one or two women (if mixed crop) and they will drill 2½ acres a day, working the guntaka before and after the drilling.",
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        {
          "ref": "1960, V. T. Subbiah Mudaliar, South Indian Field Crops: By V.T.Subbiah Mudaliar",
          "text": "Gorrus or indigenous seed drills, with one and two seed hoppers, and akkadi tied to the second tine of the drill on the right. There are different sizes of gorrus suitable for sowing different crops.",
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          "ref": "1973, Farm and Factory - Volume 8, page 34",
          "text": "Nitrogen and P205 are to be applied in gorru lines and covered before sowing.",
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          "ref": "1979, Andhra Pradesh (India), Bh Sivasankaranarayana, M. V. Rajagopal, Andhra Pradesh District Gazetteers: Visakapatnam, page 66",
          "text": "Bullock drawn hoes are worked to remove weeds in those fields where the crops are sown with Gorru.",
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          "ref": "1891, Sir George Watt, Linum to Oyster, page 579",
          "text": "The seed is then either sown broadcast and ploughed in twice, or else it is drilled in with the gorru and covered up and levelled with the guntaka.",
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        },
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          "ref": "1905, W. Francis, Anantapur, page 44",
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          "ref": "1916, Agricultural College (Coimbatore, India), A Note-book of Agricultureal Facts and Figures, page 35",
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