Definition of Mouldboard

1. Noun. Wedge formed by the curved part of a steel plow blade that turns the furrow.

Exact synonyms: Moldboard
Group relationships: Moldboard Plow, Mouldboard Plough
Generic synonyms: Wedge

Definition of Mouldboard

1. Noun. A curved blade on a plough that serves to turn over the furrow ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Mouldboard

1. 1. A curved plate of iron (originally of wood) back of the share of a plow, which turns over the earth in plowing. 2. A follow board. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mouldboard

moufflon
moufflons
mouflon
mouflons
moufs
mought
mouillation
mouille
moujik
moujiks
moulage
moulages
mould
mouldability
mouldable
mouldboard (current term)
mouldboard plough
moulded
moulder
mouldered
mouldering
moulderingly
moulders
mouldier
mouldiest
mouldily
mouldiness
moulding
mouldings
mouldlike

Literary usage of Mouldboard

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Illustrated Annual Register of Rural Affairs and Cultivator Almanac for by John Jacob Thomas (1861)
"3 is the same with another mouldboard and a forward or skim plow added, transforming it into a Double Michigan or sod-and-subsoil plow. ..."

2. A treatise on ploughs and wheel carriages by James Small (1784)
"Of the mouldboard. This forms the furrow fide of the plough, by which the furrow flice is removed from that place and ..."

3. Annual Report of the American Institute of the City of New York (1848)
"front edge or part of the mouldboard on the landside, and was too straight on the bottom; the share was far from being right, it left the shin of the plow ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and (1823)
"The wing or flap of the mouldboard i» formed in the same manner, ... This will extend the top of the mouldboard to about 22 or 23 inches ; but the lower ..."

5. Advanced Agriculture by Henry J. Webb (1894)
"(9) The mouldboard is a large cast-iron plate fastened firmly to the plough frame. ... Thus, in one kind, the mouldboard can be turned over from one side to ..."

6. The Illustrated Annual Register of Rural Affairs and Cultivator Almanac for by John Jacob Thomas (1861)
"3 is the same with another mouldboard and a forward or skim plow added, transforming it into a Double Michigan or sod-and-subsoil plow. ..."

7. A treatise on ploughs and wheel carriages by James Small (1784)
"Of the mouldboard. This forms the furrow fide of the plough, by which the furrow flice is removed from that place and ..."

8. Annual Report of the American Institute of the City of New York (1848)
"front edge or part of the mouldboard on the landside, and was too straight on the bottom; the share was far from being right, it left the shin of the plow ..."

9. Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and (1823)
"The wing or flap of the mouldboard i» formed in the same manner, ... This will extend the top of the mouldboard to about 22 or 23 inches ; but the lower ..."

10. Advanced Agriculture by Henry J. Webb (1894)
"(9) The mouldboard is a large cast-iron plate fastened firmly to the plough frame. ... Thus, in one kind, the mouldboard can be turned over from one side to ..."

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