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plowtail

plowtail is the alternative form of ploughtail.

Meaning of ploughtail

Noun

ploughtail (plural ploughtails)

  1. The hind part or handle of a plough.
    Synonyms:
    ploughstaff

Forms of plowtail

pluralplowtails

Origin of plowtail

From plow + tail.

Questions about plowtail

What is plowtail the alternative form of?
Plowtail is the alternative form of ploughtail.

Words near plowtail in the dictionary

  1. plowsoils
  2. plowsole
  3. plowsoles
  4. plowstaff
  5. plowstaffs
  6. plowtail
  7. plowtails
  8. plowter
  9. plowtered
  10. plowtering
  11. plowters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: plowtail (page history and authors); ploughtail (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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