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breastplow

American

[brest-plou] / ˈbrɛstˌplaʊ /

especially British, breastplough

noun

Agriculture.

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

Etymology

Origin of breastplow

First recorded in 1715–25; breast + plow

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