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plough paddles

plough paddles is the plural of plough paddle.

Meaning of plough paddle

Noun

plough paddle (plural plough paddles)

  1. A short stick used to clean away soil and weeds from the coulter and share of a plough.
    • It seems the man had in his hand the fourche, or short stick, which is used as a plough-paddle in Brittany, and this was a protection, for the dancers made way for them to go out of the ring.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 439

Questions about plough paddles

What is plough paddles the plural of?
Plough paddles is the plural of plough paddle.

Words near plough paddles in the dictionary

  1. plough on
  2. plough one's own furrow
  3. plough one's way
  4. plough over
  5. plough paddle
  6. plough paddles
  7. plough staff
  8. plough staffs
  9. plough stop
  10. plough stopped
  11. plough stopping

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