Meanings
plural snowploughs · alternative snow plough
- UKalternativeAlternative form of snowplow.
A "J36" 0-6-0 with the normal snowplough had to give up at Lumphanan and returned home, whereupon a Stanier Class "5" with a large snowplough and two coaches of workmen with shovels, went up and eventually drove a path through to Ballater.
1960 March, “The January blizzard in the North-East of Scotland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 1391 more example
In another initiative, NR [Network Rail] is to fund snowploughs for fitting to NYMR's [North Yorkshire Moors Railway's] Class 25 diesel loco, facilitating the clearance of snow from the line as far west as Battersby under a track access agreement.
2019 October, James Abbott, “Esk Valley revival”, in Modern Railways, page 78
present singular third person snowploughs · participle present snowploughing · participle past snowploughed · past snowploughed · alternative snow plough
- UKalternativeAlternative form of snowplow.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
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snowplough. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowplough
“snowplough.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowplough. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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