sulky (plough) †

Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

This entry may contain outdated or offensive information, terms, and examples.

See 1959 quote.

Quotations

1888

There the prairie farmer sits on a comfortable spring seat, on his "sulky" plough, and, possibly in white shirt sleeves, holds the reins and drives.

1959

He explained that a sulky was a one-furrow, three-wheel plow on which the plowman rode.