ploughwright

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a craftsperson who makes or repairs ploughs

   The ploughwright replaced the cracked wooden beam before the spring sowing.

From Middle English plow wryhte, a compound of plough + wright. Wright descends from Old English wyrhta, 'worker or maker,' and survives in traditional craft names. Plowwright is the usual US spelling variant.

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