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ˈplough-gear, plow-
[f. as prec. + gear n.]
The appurtenances of a plough: = next.
1418–19in Cal. Proc. Chanc. Q. Eliz. (1827) I. Introd. 16 The abbot and the convent..ledeth a wey from his parsonage his plogh yren and his plogh and his plogh gere. 1523Fitzherb. Husb. §5 It is necessarye for hym, to lerne to make his yokes, oxe bowes, stooles, and all maner of plough geare. 1566Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees) I. 263 All my Waynes and wayneger all my plewes and plewgeire to be dewyded equalle betwyxt them. 1584Knaresborough Wills (Surtees) I. 145 Plowes and plowe geare. 1644Archives Maryland (1887) IV. 279 The ploughgeare sent of Engl[and]. a1815M. Lonsdale Love in Cumberland in Westmoreland & Cumberland Dial. (1839) 211 Thy plew-geer's aw liggin how-strow. 1885‘C. E. Craddock’ Prophet Gt. Smoky Mts. i. 15 The girl's hand trembled violently as she stepped swiftly to his horse and took off the plough-gear. 1940W. Faulkner Hamlet iii. 64 He would give them credit for food and plow-gear when they needed it. 1952Oxf. Jun. Encycl. VI. 243/1 Plough gear is generally simpler than chain gear; it has a transverse backband supporting the chains, and sometimes a loose bellyband. |