单词 | plough-sheath |
释义 | > as lemmasplough-sheath plough-sheath n. now rare (Scottish and English regional (north-eastern) in later use) the part of a plough on to which the ploughshare is fitted. ΚΠ ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. ii The plough sheth is a thyn pease of drie wode made of oke yt is set fast in a mortes in the plough beam, & also into the sharbeam, ye which is the key & the chefe bande of all the plough. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Pleuch-sheath, the head of a plough, made either of metal or of wood, on which the sock or plough-share is put when at work. [Roxburghshire] 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words 544 Ploo-sock, the share or pointed end of a plough; it is fitted on to the ploo-sheth, and is removable. < as lemmas |
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