plowshare

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the sharp cutting blade of a plow that slices horizontally through the soil

   The farmer replaced the worn plowshare before turning the heavy spring soil.

A compound of plow + share. In this sense share is from Old English scear, 'cutting blade,' from the same Germanic family as shear. Ploughshare is the standard British spelling.

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