See Also: ploughshare(medicine)
ploughshare(dictionary)
ploughshare(dictionary)

ploughshare (iou)



ploughshare noun. Also (now arch. & N. Amer.) plowshare. LME.
[formed as PLOUGH-LAND + SHARE noun1.]
The large pointed blade of a plough, which, following the coulter, cuts a slice of earth and passes it on to the mould-board.
Bible (AV): Micah 4:3 They shall beate their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hookes.
Comb.: ploughshare bone Anatomy = VOMER.