v. Agric. Obs. [Formation not clear: perh. orig. a phrase, STRIKE v. 16 + BALK sb. 3; but cf. BALK v.1 1.] See quot. 1736: = REST-BALK v. (Young’s explanation is app. due to misapprehension).
1736. J. Lewis, I. of Tenet (ed. 2), 39. Strike-baulk, to plough one Furrow, and leave another.
1784–1815. Young’s Annals Agric., I. 308 (E.D.S.). Strike-balking.
1807. T. Rudge, Agric. Glouc. (1813), 110. In the neighbourhood of Stow … it is the practice, in dry seasons, to plough one furrow and leave one; which is called ‘risbalking’ or ‘strike balking.’
