earthboardn.
/ˈəːθbɔːd/, U.S. /ˈərθˌbɔrd/ = mouldboard n.1
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shield-boardc1325
mouldbred1343
mouldboard1394
fenbrede?1523
breastboard1652
breastplate1652
earthboard1652
furrow-board1652
wrest1652
throwboard1725
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mould-iron1807
turn-furrow1810
mould1859
moulding board1864
1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xxviii. 189 The Shield-board, some call Breast-board, or Earth-board, or Furrow-board.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Drock The ground wrist of the plow is fastened to this [sc. the drock], as also is the earth board.
1765 Universal Mag. 37 33/2 The plat, or earth-board, turned most of the carrots out of the ground.
1855 Debow's Rev. Dec. 716 Some of their ploughs had wheels, and some were without coulters and earthboards.
1884 Longman's Mag. Feb. 403 The ‘hardy rustic’ still goes into the woods and seeks for an elm..for the earth-boards.
1914 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 34 258 A curious bronze model of a plough with backward sloping tail and broad earthboards which was found at Cologne.
1935 Econ. Geogr. 11 7/1 The voar or spring work was formerly done..by the spade or a light rudimentary single stilt plough without an earth board.
1982 BBC Summary of World Broadcasts (Nexis) 5 Aug. The Hungarian participant at this year's World Championship Ploughing Contest in Austria will use a plough equipped with a plastic earthboard.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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