walk-behind
being a motor-driven machine, as a power lawn mower or a snowblower, designed for operation with the operator walking behind and guiding the machine by its handle controls.
a walk-behind machine.
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How to use walk-behind in a sentence
Hearing a crunching of the gravel on the walk behind him, Billy looked around and knew in a second that they were trapped.
Billy Whiskers' Adventures | Frances Trego MontgomeryTo walk behind a plow, guiding the horse and holding the plow in place, is no light task.
American Inventions and Inventors | William A. MowryA shepherd in Perthshire will walk behind his sheep and drive them.
Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 | Evelyn BaringNothing loath, Mr. Emerson went up the ascending path and on to the brick walk behind the pillars.
Ethel Morton at Chautauqua | Mabell S. C. SmithA Swiss will put a big stone upon a land-roller, to give it weight, and then walk behind it.
The Romance of the Reaper | Herbert Newton Casson
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