plough paddle

noun

A short stick used to clean away soil and weeds from the coulter and share of a plough.

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nounplough paddle (plural plough paddles)

plural plough paddles

  1. A short stick used to clean away soil and weeds from the coulter and share of a plough.

    It seems the man had in his hand the fourche, or short stick, which is used as a plough-paddle in Brittany, and this was a protection, for the dancers made way for them to go out of the ring.

    1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 439
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