ploughshare
esp US plowshare
/ (ˈplaʊˌʃɛə) /
the horizontal pointed cutting blade of a mouldboard plough
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How to use ploughshare in a sentence
A large proportion sleep, unmindful of the rude farmer's ploughshare upon the fields made memorable by their deeds.
Reminiscences of the Guilford Grays, Co. B., 27th N.C. Regiment | John A. SloanThe Hebrew who wished to sharpen his ploughshare or axe was forced to go to a Philistine city.
Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations | Archibald SayceThe green turf now being turned over was disturbed by ploughshare for the first time since the creation of the world.
The Boy Settlers | Noah BrooksThe fine roots reach out between the rows and the ploughshare would cut them off.
The Adventures of a Grain of Dust | Hallam HawksworthGoing on a short distance, he arrived at a forge in which a smith was employed making a ploughshare.
Serbian Folk-lore | Anonymous
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