noun
building rice-field ridges; ridging
Agricultural term for making raised rows (ridges) in a rice field or other cultivated land. The reading うねだて is a voiced variant.
田植えの前に畝立てをする。
We build ridges in the rice field before planting.
畝立て作業はトラクターで行う。
The ridging work is done with a tractor.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; the first part is written in kana.
畝 means 'ridge' or 'furrow' itself; 畝立て refers to the act or process of making such ridges.
Compound of 畝 (une, 'ridge') + 立て (tate, from 立てる tateru, 'to set up, to make'). The reading うねだて is a rendaku (sequential voicing) variant.