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breaking plough†
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Spelling variants:breaking plow
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a large plough, especially designed for the heavy work of breaking new land.
See: breaker plough
Quotations
1929
There are literally . . . millions of acres where a big breaking-plough drawn by six or eight horses, can be put at work without any preliminary.
1957
Making his entry for a half square mile of open prairie, Godfrey Rainville bought an ancient team of oxen, a wagon, some floor lumber for his shack, a breaking plough, cook stove, kitchen outfit and provisions.