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pleughs

pleughs is the plural of pleugh.

Meaning of pleugh

Noun

pleugh (plural pleughs)

  1. (Scotland) plow.
    • But there's mair in't than that;-for ye hae seen the heel and sole clout of a Scots pleugh yersell, and when there was as muckle strength afore her as there should hae been, she never gaed steady but whan she had a good grip o' the yird; and when that was the case, ye behoved to lay a gay steep on...1822, The Farmer's Magazine - Volume 23, page 87

Questions about pleughs

What is pleughs the plural of?
Pleughs is the plural of pleugh.

Words near pleughs in the dictionary

  1. Pletzes
  2. pletzl
  3. pletzls
  4. Pleubian
  5. pleugh
  6. pleughs
  7. pleuntic
  8. pleur-
  9. pleura
  10. pleuracentesis
  11. pleurae

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