plowshare

[ plou-shair ]

noun

1. the cutting part of the moldboard of a plow; share.

Word History and Origins

Origin of plowshare¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, plowshare is from the Middle English word plowghschare. See plow, share ²

Example Sentences

It was a reference to the prophet Isaiah, whose memorable words from the Bible referred to soldiers beating their swords into plowshares, turning weapons of war into farm implements.

From Nautilus

I am gazing again upon the sepulchre of the old South, after the plowshare of war and reconstruction had run the last furrow.

From Project Gutenberg

I do not exaggerate very grossly when I say that a blacksmith would have hammered a plowshare out of his hard face.

From Project Gutenberg

He stepped to the adjoining field, and, selecting a clod with the steely polish of the plowshare upon it, threw it at the mare.

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The beaver and the mink de42sert the streams whenever the plowshare disturbs the soil.

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All his farming had been done with calloused hands on the plowshare.

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