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breastplough

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
breast-plough
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of plough, worked by handles near the worker's breast, and in some types by pushing with the breast/chest, by which ploughing can be done by hand (without a draft animal), albeit more slowly and difficultly, or by which turf (peat) can be cut for fuel; the type commonly used in preindustrial Britain is analogous to a spade with a large T-shaped handle gripped with both hands.

Etymology

From breast + plough.

Inflected Forms

breastploughs (plural) breastplow (alternative)

Phrases

breast drill

Frequently Paired Words

breast drill

Questions

What does breastplough mean?
A kind of plough, worked by handles near the worker's breast, and in some types by pushing with the breast/chest, by which ploughing can be done by hand (without a draft animal), albeit more slowly and difficultly, or by which turf (peat) can be cut for fuel; the type commonly used in preindustrial Britain is analogous to a spade with a large T-shaped handle gripped with both hands.
Where does breastplough come from?
From breast + plough.

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