Ploughshare :
ploegskaar
- ploegskaar
Noun(1) a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil
(1) Each day I must yoke the oxen and fasten the ploughshare to the plough.(2) ‘We need ploughshares and seeds not bombs and martyrs,’ he insisted.(3) Heavier plows with wheels, horizontal plowshares , and a moldboard were invented, which cut down on manual labor.(4) The Shearer brothers produced cast-iron ploughshares and from 1888 onwards wrought steel ploughshares .(5) They made tools, ploughshares , chariots, chain armour, and many more strong and serviceable implements.(6) Though they supplied handicraft products essential to the country and society, including ploughshares and spear heads, as well as pots and cloth of all kinds, they tended to be despised by the rest of the population.
Related Words
(1) ploughshare ::
ploegskaar
Synonyms
Noun
1. plowshare ::
ploegskaar
2. share ::
aandeel
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