plough shoeplow shoen.
/ˈplaʊ ʃuː/, U.S. /ˈplaʊ ˌʃu/ Now regional and historical.
Any of various devices for covering, protecting, or supporting a ploughshare.
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forshakel1304
plough shoe1348
plough-clout1350
slipe1616
speck1684
strake1835
1348 in J. Raine Inventories & Acct. Rolls Benedictine Houses Jarrow & Monk-Wearmouth (1854) 33 (MED) De plugh schon xv, de moldebredclut ij, et j sok.
1377–8 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 387 (MED) In yokys, plushone, harows.
1405–6 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 222 (MED) Pro 1 sok et ploghschoue.
1465 in J. Raine Charters Priory Finchale (1837) p. ccxcix (MED) iiij plowschoyn.
a1592 St. Andrews Psalter 241 The pleugh-shoone The mell and the stilt..the beam..the heelwidge The chock the yoak.
1813 T. Batchelor Gen. View Agric. Bedford. 162 Plough-shoe and ground-wrists, £0. 3s. 0d.
1855 Sci. Amer. 19 May 284/2 One of the adjustable wings connected with the plow shoe.
1893 J. Salisbury Gloss. Words S.E. Worcs. Plough-shoe, a piece of iron fastened to the side of the ‘throck’ to prevent its wearing away with the friction with the soil.
1901 J. T. Fowler in Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham III. 946 (Gloss.) Plushone, plough shoes, sledges placed under ploughs so that they may be drawn along the ground without going in.
1906 N. J. Hone Manor 106 A plough-shoe (or iron tip for a wooden share).
2000 Seattle Times (Nexis) 6 Aug. 14 His hat is a warped steel plate welded to a piece of a plow shoe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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