breastplow

[ brest-plou ]

nounAgriculture.
  1. a cultivator moved forward by a person pressing the chest against a crossbar.

Origin of breastplow

1
First recorded in 1715–25; breast + plow
  • Also especially British, breast·plough .

Words Nearby breastplow

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