gorru

Noun

1. A traditional seed drill.
   • 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. - 1891, Sir George Watt, Linum to Oyster, page 579:
   • This is almost always done with a most ingenious drill, called in Telugu a gorru, and hardly ever by sowing broad-cast. The gorru has either three teeth or six. Three is the usual number. - 1905, W. Francis, Anantapur,...
   • 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. - 1908, Madras (India...