mole plow

American  

noun

1. a plow typically having a pointed shoe at the end of a vertical support, for cutting a hollow drainage channel below the surface.

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Etymology

Origin of mole plow

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

They are formed by means of a machine called the mole plow.

From Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles by French, Henry F. (Henry Flagg)

Stephens gives a minute description of the mole plow figured above, in his Book of the Farm.

From Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles by French, Henry F. (Henry Flagg)

From the best information we can gather, it would seem, that on certain soils with a clay subsoil, the mole plow, as a sort of pioneer implement, may be very useful.

From Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles by French, Henry F. (Henry Flagg)