Plural of plough

regular plural

The plural of plough is ploughs.

Forms of plough

You need more than gritters, you need ploughs.2009 February 4, “Letters: Sledging, shovels and snowdrops”, in The Guardian. From the entry gritter
It is in this manner that the ploughs are reversed at the termination of each bout of the field.1922, “An Ingenious One-Way Agrimotor”, in The Commercial Motor, volume 34, Temple Press, page 32. From the entry bout
He ploughs on, figure accentuated in deep impasto, across a field cast in blue shadow, chrome yellow corn merging with the sun.2025 September 13, Jackie Wullschläger, “Portal to an abstract future or dry dead end?”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The…. From the entry impasto
Engines with heavy snow ploughs are ordered to raise steam to a state of readiness, and freight trains may be cancelled or permissive loadings halved.1960 January, M. Harbottle, “Maintaining Services after Heavy Snowfalls”, in Railway Magazine, page 10. From the entry tractive
Three rotary ploughs are stationed on the mountain length, and dozer-ploughs, scrapers, and several hundred extra gangmen are called in to assist when necessary.1947 September and October, “By Northern Pacific to Seattle”, in Railway Magazine, page 270. From the entry gangman

noun A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.
noun A joiner's plane for making grooves.
noun A bookbinder's implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books.

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