gang plow

noun

1. a combination of two or more plows in one frame.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gang plow¹

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Example Sentences

"Papa needs five horses for the big gang plow," Caleb told Sarah.

From Literature

As the twin 12-inch strips of black loam gracefully curved from the gleaming moldboards of his gang plow, they noted how even the lines of earth were, how uniform they were cut and whether they overlapped and lay in regular waves.

From Time Magazine Archive

Turning down organic matter with a gang plow..

From Project Gutenberg

After hearing what he had to say, I said to him, "I'll tell you what your trouble is and how you feel when you are sitting on the gang plow, plowing: You feel you are going to fall off in front of the plow and get killed and that makes you nervous and sick."

From Project Gutenberg

It was about ten o'clock in the morning and I had stopped and gotten off the gang plow to let the horses rest and stood looking south in the field when I saw six or eight feet before me dear Brother A. G. Ahrendt standing and smiling at me, just as real as if he were there in the flesh.

From Project Gutenberg