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ploughshare

/ ˈplaʊˌʃɛə /

noun

  1. the horizontal pointed cutting blade of a mouldboard plough
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

A large proportion sleep, unmindful of the rude farmer's ploughshare upon the fields made memorable by their deeds.

The Hebrew who wished to sharpen his ploughshare or axe was forced to go to a Philistine city.

The green turf now being turned over was disturbed by ploughshare for the first time since the creation of the world.

The fine roots reach out between the rows and the ploughshare would cut them off.

Going on a short distance, he arrived at a forge in which a smith was employed making a ploughshare.

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