† ploughing-ironn.
Obsolete.
= plough iron n.
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ploughing-iron1374
1374 in J. Raine Corr., Inventories, Acct. Rolls, & Law Proc. Priory of Coldingham (1841) p. lxxvi (MED) In husbandria..j par de pluynghirins.
a1640 P. Massinger Bashful Lover i. ii. 82 in 3 New Playes (1655) In a cause like this, The Husbandman would change his ploughing-irons To weapons of defence.
1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Sharping corn A customary present of corn, which..the farmers, in some parts of England, make to their smith, for sharpening their ploughing-irons, harrow-tines, &c.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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