ploughshare
noun /ˈplaʊʃeə(r)/
/ˈplaʊʃer/
(British English) (North American English plowshare)
(North American English also share)
Idioms - the broad curved blade (= metal cutting edge) of a ploughWord Originlate Middle English: from plough + Old English scær, scear ‘ploughshare’ (related to shear).
Idioms
turn swords into ploughshares
- (literary) to stop fighting and return to peaceful activitiesTopics War and conflictc2