mould furrowmold furrown.
/ˌməʊld ˈfʌrəʊ/, U.S. /ˈmoʊl(d) ˌfəroʊ/ Agriculture. rare.
A furrow next to the edge of a ridge (ridge n.1 5a), forming the first or last of a series of small furrows into which an open furrow is ploughed.
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1851 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (ed. 2) I. 171/2 The divisions between the ridges [are called] the open furrows,..and the last furrows ploughed in the open furrows are named the mould or hint-end furrows.
1960 G. E. Evans Horse in Furrow ii. 33 And so on till the moul' furrow (the mould furrow was the last).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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