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单词 bull tongue
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bull tongue


noun

a plow having a vertical moldboard, used in cultivating cotton.

Origin of bull tongue

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

Words nearby bull tongue

bull's nose, bull stretcher, bull's wool, bull terrier, bull thistle, bull tongue, bull trout, bullwaddy, bullwhacker, bull wheel, bullwhip
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Example sentences from the Web for bull tongue

  • They are of the bull-tongue variety, and are sometimes drawn by oxen.

    The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains|Charles Egbert Craddock
  • The common plow was a “bull-tongue,” which has aptly been described as “hardly more than a sharpened stick with a metal rim.”

    Our Southern Highlanders|Horace Kephart
  • (b) A scooter or "bull-tongue" is a strip of iron used in opening the furrow for the cotton seed.

    The Negro Farmer|Carl Kelsey

British Dictionary definitions for bull tongue

bull tongue

noun mainly US

a heavy plough used in growing cotton, having an almost vertical mouldboard
a plough or cultivator with a single shovel
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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