Definition of Dutch hoe

1. Noun. A hoe that is used by pushing rather than pulling.

Exact synonyms: Scuffle, Scuffle Hoe
Generic synonyms: Hoe

Definition of Dutch hoe

1. Noun. (UK) A hoe, consisting of a loop of metal, that can be pushed or pulled for weeding. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dutch Hoe

Dutch cheese
Dutch clover
Dutch comfort
Dutch comforts
Dutch corner
Dutch courage
Dutch door
Dutch doors
Dutch elm
Dutch elm disease
Dutch elm fungus
Dutch florin
Dutch gold
Dutch hand
Dutch hands
Dutch hoe
Dutch hoes
Dutch iris
Dutch metal
Dutch monetary unit
Dutch ovens
Dutch people
Dutch pink
Dutch reckoning
Dutch tilt
Dutch tilts
Dutch treat
Dutch treats
Dutch uncle

Literary usage of Dutch hoe

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Book of the Rose by Andrew Foster-Melliar (1902)
"When I say dutch hoe, I mean a Hoe which, passing beneath the surface, ... It has all the advantages of the dutch hoe without its disadvantages, ..."

2. The Cultivation & Manufacture of Tea by Edward Money (1883)
"The dutch hoe, the widest procurable in the blade, with a long lithe handle of 6 feet ... With weeds at the height fit for a dutch hoe, viz., 3 or 4 inches, ..."

3. The Forester =: Or, A Practical Treatise on the Planting, Rearing, and by James Brown (1882)
"This spade is kept pretty sharp upon the edge, and is wrought much in the same manner as a gardener does a dutch hoe. Indeed many use a small dutch hoe ..."

4. Gardeners Chronicle, the Horticultural Trade Journal (1897)
"... Ac. — As Boon as the earliest crops of Carrots, Parsnips, &e , appear above ground, advantage should be taken of a dry day to run the Dutch-hoe through ..."

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