Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mowing \Mow"ing\, n.
   1. The act of one who, or the operation of that which, mows.

   2. Land from which grass is cut; meadow land.

   {Mowing machine}, an agricultural machine armed with knives
      or blades for cutting standing grass, etc. It is drawn by
      a horse or horses, or propelled by steam.