bull tongue
noun
a plow having a vertical moldboard, used in cultivating cotton.
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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 CraddockThe 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
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