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broadshare

broadshare noun: a heavy cultivator with wide V-shaped shares, used to loosen and dig up stubble and weeds after a harvest.

Noun

broadshare (plural broadshares)

  1. A heavy cultivator with wide V-shaped shares, used to loosen and dig up stubble and weeds after a harvest.
    • This plough possesses the recommendations of being a Broadshare, Scarifier, and Subsoil Plough, combined in one and the same implement.1853, Royal Agricultural Improvement Society of Ireland, Royal Agricultural Improvement Society of Ireland, page 64
    • Immediately after the broadshare, the harrow is twice used to free the ground from the stubble, which is gathered in rows every fifteen or twenty rods, according to quantity, and if thought worth the labor, or in default of straw enough, this is carried to the yards, to be trodden into manure...1860, Henry S. Olcott, Outlines of the First Course of Yale Agricultural Lectures, page 85

Verb

broadshare (third-person singular simple present broadshares, present participle broadsharing, simple past and past participle broadshared)

  1. To go over a field with a broadshare.
    • When land proves to be very foul after harvest, it is best, first to shallow, spuddle, or broadshare the surface, harrow up the weeds, cart them to a mixen, or burn them on the spot:1864, William Bland (of Hartlip.), The Principles of Agriculture, page 23
    • The cheapest way is to broadshare the stubble immediately after harvest.1866, Irwin Edward Bainbridge Cox, The Farm, Garden, Stable, and Aviary, page 4

Examples of broadshare in a sentence

  • The surface is first broken with a cultivator fitted with broad blades, a plough, or a broadshare.1944 ·, Arthur John Brookes, Farming Equipment, page 52:
  • The most effectual plan of doing so is to broadshare the stubbles.1882, Robert Warington, The Chemistry of the Farm, page 71:
  • A further difference is that in Britain farmers would endeavour to plough, or at least to broadshare, their wheat stubbles immediately after harvest, so as to do some clearing.1929, “A Great Sheep Country”, in Australia To-day, volume 24, page 61:

Forms of broadshare

Noun
pluralbroadshares
Verb
third-person singular presentbroadshares
present participlebroadsharing
past participlebroadshared
pastbroadshared

Origin of broadshare

From broad + share, that is, a wide share (cutting blade), as on a plow.

Questions about broadshare

What does broadshare mean?
Broadshare means a heavy cultivator with wide V-shaped shares, used to loosen and dig up stubble and weeds after a harvest.
How do you use broadshare in a sentence?
The surface is first broken with a cultivator fitted with broad blades, a plough, or a broadshare.
What part of speech is broadshare?
Broadshare can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of broadshare?
The plural of broadshare is broadshares.

Words near broadshare in the dictionary

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  3. broadseals
  4. broadseam
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  6. broadshare
  7. broadshared
  8. broadshares
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  10. broadsheet
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