moldboard
Americannoun
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the curved metal plate in a plow that turns over the earth from the furrow.
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a large blade mounted on the front of a bulldozer to push loose earth.
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a board forming one side or surface of a mold for concrete.
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of moldboard
1300–50; replacing earlier moldbred, Middle English mold bred. See mold 3 moldboard ( for defs. 1, 2 ), mold 1 moldboard ( for def. 3 ), board
Example Sentences
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He documented the democratizing effect of the close-order military drill, the moldboard plow's transformation of agriculture, the impact of potato farming.
From US News
The walking moldboard plow, a 300-pound curving steel blade, cut through the soil and sent it curling over itself in dark, crumbly waves.
From New York Times
Devine had told her of the trouble they had encountered: how the soft soil clogged the moldboards, and the wheels sank, and the coulters crashed against patches of unthawed ground.
From Project Gutenberg
I'se plowed many times with a moldboard plow with an iron share on it.
From Project Gutenberg
Medieval Europe had gadgets unknown to, or undeveloped by, the ancient Greeks and Romans -- moldboard ploughs, stirrups, advanced water-wheels, clocks.
From Salon
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