Etymology

gangplow

gang·plow
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Today it means: A plow with multiple plowshares, moldboards, and colters, arranged in a series to turn parallel furrows simultaneously. Full definition →

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The story

From gang (“a combination of tools or machines coordinated to work together as a set”) + plow (“a farm implement used to break up soil into furrows for sowing”).

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