checkrow

checkrow
/chek"roh'/, Agric.
n.
1. one of a number of rows of trees or plants, esp. corn, in which the distance between adjacent trees or plants is equal to that between adjacent rows.
v.t.
2. to plant in checkrows.
[1855-60, Amer.; CHECK1 + ROW1]

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