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plough-head, plow
[f. plough n.1 + head n.1 Cf. OHG. pflogis-houbit.]
†1. The share-beam of a plough; a wooden frame to which the share was fixed. Obs.
1453–4Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 150, ij plogheuedez. 1483Cath. Angl. 284/2 A Ploghe hede, dentale. 1523Fitzherb. Husb. §2 In Sommersetshyre..the sharbeame, that in many places is called the ploughe hedde, is foure or fyue foote longe, and it is brode and thynne. 1613Markham Eng. Husbandm. iii. B ij b, The Plough head..is a flat peece of timber, almost three foote in length if it be for clay ground, otherwise shorter, of breadth seauen inches.
2. The front part of a plough: see quots.
1733Tull Horse-Hoeing Husb. xxi. 301 The Plow-Head contains the two Wheels A, B. 1864Webster, Plow-head, Plough-head, the draught-iron at the end of the beam of a plow. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Plow-head, the clevis of a plow. That part to which the draft is attached. |