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plough-wright, plow-|ˈplaʊraɪt|
[f. as prec. + wright.]
A maker of ploughs.
1285in W. P. Baildon Court Rolls Wakefield (1901) I. 195 Robertus le Plogwryth. c1440Promp. Parv. 405/2 Plow wryhte, carrucarius. 1562Act 5 Eliz. c. 4 §30 The Art or Occupation of a Smith, Wheel-wright, Plough-wright, Mill-wright, Carpenter. 1649W. Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. (1653) 191 A plough-wright or plow maker..cannot work true to a false foundation. 1885W. Rye Hist. Norfolk 117 These Thaxters..seem to have been blacksmiths and plough-wrights for generations. |