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Definition of Snowplow
1. Noun. A vehicle used to push snow from roads.
Definition of Snowplow
1. n. An implement operating like a plow, but on a larger scale, for clearing away the snow from roads, railways, etc.
Definition of Snowplow
1. Noun. A vehicle that is used to push snow off surfaces such as roads. ¹
2. Noun. A device attached to a vehicle to enable it to be used for removing snow. ¹
3. Noun. A maneuver/manoeuvre in skiing in which the tips of the skis point inwards and the back ends point outwards, imitating a snowplow. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To clear (roads, etc) using a snowplow. ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive) To perform a snowplow in skiing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Snowplow
1. to execute a type of skiing maneuver [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snowplow
Literary usage of Snowplow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Winter Track Work by Edward Rowland Lewis (1917)
"Drifts which are high on one side are especially hard to handle with a snowplow.
It is dangerous to run a plow into a hard snowdrift without first shoveling ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"A man injured while driving a span of horses with a snowplow across a railroad
track in cleaning a sidewalk Is not precluded by his unusual use of the walk ..."
3. American Negligence Reports, Current Series Cited Am. Neg. Rep.: All the by United States (1903)
"His horse became frightened at the appearance of the snowplow and the noise caused
by it to such an extent as to become unmanageable. ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1909)
"The day was very cold, and the snowplow threw snow considerably, rendering it
difficult for the lookout stationed on the snowplow to see ahead. ..."
5. Hartwick New York--Heart of Otsego County by Town of Hartwick Historical Society (2002)
"23, 1970 - The Town Board voted to buy 1 rebuilt 1955 Oshkosh snowplow Truck ...
1 used 1954 Chevrolet 4 wheel drive dump truck with snowplow for $4500.00. ..."
6. American Negligence Cases: A Complete Collection of All Reported Negligence (1902)
"The ground was soon after covered with snow, and the plaintiff while engaged in
cleaning the snow from the walk with a team and snowplow, as usual, ..."
7. A French-English Military Technical Dictionary: With a Supplement Containing by Cornélis De Witt Willcox (1917)
"... twin-screw vessel; neige, chasse- , snowdrift; snowplow of a hôpital, hospital
ship; .... snowplow ..."
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