bull tongue

American  

noun

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

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bull tongue British  

noun

1. a heavy plough used in growing cotton, having an almost vertical mouldboard

2. a plough or cultivator with a single shovel

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Etymology

Origin of bull tongue

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

Example Sentences

This Mexican bull tongue plow has an iron shoe on the point and it closely resembles Spanish plows of the 16th century.

From Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17 by Schlebecker, John T.

After this a narrow plow known as a "bull tongue," was used to turn the loose earth around the plant and cover up any grass not totally destroyed by the hoes.

From Thirty Years a Slave by Hughes, Louis