c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cxxix. 12 in (1998) II. 220 Who [MS χ: Thou] Hast their plow-ropes cutt in two!
1892 2 Apr. 21/2 Moti and a companion yoked by plough-ropes to the bed, wade knee-deep, hock-deep, into the stream.
1994 (Nexis) 9 May They [sc. Portuguese farmers] ended their lives by hanging from plough ropes or by drinking pesticide.