ploughgearplowgearn.
/ˈplaʊɡɪə/, U.S. /ˈplaʊˌɡɪ(ə)r/ Now rare.
The harness and equipment of a plough.
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c1419 in Cal. Proc. Chancery Queen Elizabeth (1827) I. p. xvi (MED) The abbot..ledyth a wey..his plogh gere.
1446 in J. Raine Corr., Inventories, Acct. Rolls, & Law Proc. Priory of Coldingham (1841) p. lxxxiv (MED) Plewger cum axiltres.
?1530 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry (rev. ed.) f. iiii It is necessary for hym, to lerne to make his yokes, oxe bowes, stoles, and all maner of ploughe gere.
1584 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1902) I. 145 Plowes and plowe geare.
1644 in Arch. Maryland (1887) IV. 279 The ploughgeare sent of Engl[and].
1660 in G. F. Dow Probate Rec. Essex County, Mass. (1916) I. 319 One Cart and other Plowgeere.
1763 R. Burn Eccl. Law II. 417 Tress cut only for mounds, plough gear, hedging, fencing, fuel, maintenance of the plough or pail, are not tithable.
c1780 M. Lonsdale Love in Cumberland in Westmoreland & Cumberland Dial. (1839) 211 Thy plew-geer's aw liggin how-strow.
1854 Florida Plant Rec. 553/1 27 Pair of Plough gear.
1885 ‘C. E. Craddock’ Prophet Great Smoky Mountains i. 15 The girl's hand trembled violently as she stepped swiftly to his horse and took off the plough-gear.
1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet iii. 64 He would give them credit for food and plow-gear when they needed it.
1952 Oxf. Junior Encycl. VI. 243/1 Plough gear is generally simpler than chain gear; it has a transverse backband supporting the chains, and sometimes a loose bellyband.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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