Meanings
nounmoldboard (plural moldboards)
plural moldboards · alternative mouldboard
- A curved piece of metal on a plough, following behind the ploughshare, that flips the soil over.
Holonyms: plough, plow < implement
- foundingA follow board.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounwedge formed by the curved part of a steel plow blade that turns the furrow
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Translations
Finnish siipi
- siipicurved piece of metal on a plow or bulldozer
French versoir
- versoircurved piece of metal on a plow or bulldozer
German Streichbrett, Streichbrech
- Streichbrettcurved piece of metal on a plow or bulldozer
- Streichbrechcurved piece of metal on a plow or bulldozer
- Riestercurved piece of metal on a plow or bulldozer
- Wendebrettcurved piece of metal on a plow or bulldozer
Italian versoio, orecchio
- versoiocurved piece of metal on a plow or bulldozer
- orecchiocurved piece of metal on a plow or bulldozer
Polish odkładnica
- odkładnicacurved piece of metal on a plow or bulldozer
Portuguese aiveca
- aivecacurved piece of metal on a plow or bulldozer
Swedish vändskiva
- vändskivacurved piece of metal on a plow or bulldozer
Cite this entry
APA
moldboard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moldboard
MLA
“moldboard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moldboard. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moldboard,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moldboard.
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