[f. TED v.1 + -ER1.] One who teds new-mown grass; also, a machine for doing this; a tedding-machine.
14[?]. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 578/44. Disgerbigator,… a Teddere. Ibid., 587/48. Herbarius,… a teddere.
1800. Hurdis, Fav. Village, 22. Thick swarms the field with tedders.
1877. Knight, Dict. Mech., Tedder,… a machine for stirring and spreading hay, to expedite its being dried.
1886. P. S. Robinson, Valley Teet. Trees, 141. The mowers and tedders, sitting in the shade with their bread and cheese.
Tedder2: see TED v.2
