ploughshareplowsharen.

Brit.

/ˈplaʊʃɛː/, U.S.

/ˈplaʊˌʃɛ(ə)r/

Forms: see plough n.¹ and share n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plough n.¹, share n.¹

Etymology: < plough n.¹ + share n.¹ Compare early modern Dutch ploeghschare , also ploeghschere , ploechschaers (Dutch ploeg-schaar ), Middle Low German plōchschār , Middle High German pfluocschar (German Pflugschar ). Compare sullow-share n. at sullow n. Compounds 2.

1. The large pointed blade of a plough, which, following the coulter, cuts a slice of earth horizontally and passes it on to the mouldboard; = share n.¹ 1. Also figurative.to beat swords into ploughshares and variants: see sword n. 3c.

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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > ploughshare

shareOE

ploughsharea1387

sock1404

sough?a1475

suck1499

soke1661

plough point1837

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 353 (MED) Sangar..slow sixe hondred men wiþ a plowh schare.

c1400 J. Wyclif On the Seven Deadly Sins (Bodl. 647) in Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 136 (MED) Men schal welle hor swerde into plowgh-schares.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Micah iv. 3 Of their swerdes they shal make plowshares, and sythes off their speares.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. I. vii. 180 If she will go bare footed for her selfe ouer foure ploughe shares,..brennyng, and fire hote.

a1639 H. Wotton Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 532 Wounds are never found, Save what the Plow-share gives the ground.

1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. vi. 287 She offerd to pass blindfold between certain Plow-shares red hot, according to the Ordalian Law.

1745 E. Young Consolation 9 Final Ruin fiercely drives Her Ploughshare o'er Creation!

1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc iii. 540 O'er red-hot plough-shares make me skip to please Your dotard fancies!

1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans I. xiii. 194 He may find his six feet of earth, when God chooses; and keep it in peace, perhaps, if he has a friend who will take the pains to sink his head so low, that the ploughshares cannot reach it!

1855 F. E. von Koch Let. 9 Jan. in Lewin Lett. (1909) II. v. 154 The ploughshares have certainly burnt my feet; but I have come through the ordeal victorious.

1879 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (ed. 6) I. ix. 301 It is the snout of a glacier that must act the part of ploughshare.

1917 R. Graves Fairies & Fusiliers 19 The ploughshare snaps in the iron ground.

1990 R. Malan My Traitor's Heart (1991) 355 A Thembu who sinks a plowshare into that plain will surely be killed by the Mabaso, and vice versa.

†2. Anatomy. A ploughshare bone (see Compounds 1). Obsolete. rare.

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1863 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 153 45 Two or three vertebræ are welded together to form the terminal slender styliform bone of the tail, without undergoing the ‘plough-share’ modification.]

1890 Cent. Dict. Plowshare... 2. In anat., the vomer.

Compounds

C1.

ploughshare instinct n.

ΚΠ

1820 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 23 182 The peasantry in France inherit the mere ploughshare instincts of their fathers.

ploughshare line n.

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a1901 R. W. Buchanan White Rose & Red in Compl. Poet. Wks. (1901) i. ii. 384 Tho' no flowers of dazzling beauty In their ploughshare line of duty Rose and bloom'd.

ploughshare-shaped adj.

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1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 18 The terminal ploughshare-shaped vertebrae.

1936 Amer. Midland Naturalist 17 802 Accessory piece of a ploughshare-shaped structure lying alongside the cirrus proximally.

1994 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 344 107/1 A distinct layer of bone rising to form a ploughshare-shaped front to the bone.

C2.

ploughshare bone n. (a) Anatomy the vomer (now rare or disused); (b) Ornithology the pygostyle of a bird.

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > constituent materials > [noun] > vomer

ploughshare bone1777

the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > tail > bone in

ploughshare bone1777

pygostyle1868

vomer1872

1777 tr. B. S. Albinus Tables Skeleton & Muscles 1 The os vomer, or plow-share bone.

1831 Encycl. Brit. II. 778/2 The vomer or plough~share bone is symmetrical,..forming the posterior part of the nasal partition.

1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 291/2 The Ischio-coccygeus..extending..to the sides of the..plough~share bone.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 542 In all modern flying birds..there is a fusion of about four terminal vertebrae to form the ploughshare-bone or pygostyle.

1997 New Scientist 1 Feb. 30/3 A pygostyle (or ploughshare bone) made of between four and seven fused tail vertebrae to support the tail feathers.

ploughshare vaulting n. Architecture vaulting resembling a ploughshare in shape (see quot. 1911).

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a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) II. 187 This twisting of the surface has received the very appropriate name of ploughshare vaulting.

1911 G. H. West Gothic Archit. in Eng. & France Gloss. 337 This produces a twist in the spandrel filling between the two ribs, especially in oblong vaults, which has caused this form of vault to be called ploughshare vaulting.

1951 H. Braun Eng. Mediaeval Archit. (1967) iv. 88 This ‘sexpartite’ vaulting is often known as ‘ploughshare’, from the shape produced at this point.]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	ploughshare
释义	ploughshareplowsharen. Brit. /ˈplaʊʃɛː/, U.S. /ˈplaʊˌʃɛ(ə)r/ Forms: see plough n.¹ and share n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plough n.¹, share n.¹ Etymology: < plough n.¹ + share n.¹ Compare early modern Dutch ploeghschare , also ploeghschere , ploechschaers (Dutch ploeg-schaar ), Middle Low German plōchschār , Middle High German pfluocschar (German Pflugschar ). Compare sullow-share n. at sullow n. Compounds 2. 1. The large pointed blade of a plough, which, following the coulter, cuts a slice of earth horizontally and passes it on to the mouldboard; = share n.¹ 1. Also figurative.to beat swords into ploughshares and variants: see sword n. 3c. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > ploughshare shareOE ploughsharea1387 sock1404 sough?a1475 suck1499 soke1661 plough point1837 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 353 (MED) Sangar..slow sixe hondred men wiþ a plowh schare. c1400 J. Wyclif On the Seven Deadly Sins (Bodl. 647) in Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 136 (MED) Men schal welle hor swerde into plowgh-schares. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Micah iv. 3 Of their swerdes they shal make plowshares, and sythes off their speares. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. I. vii. 180 If she will go bare footed for her selfe ouer foure ploughe shares,..brennyng, and fire hote. a1639 H. Wotton Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 532 Wounds are never found, Save what the Plow-share gives the ground. 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. vi. 287 She offerd to pass blindfold between certain Plow-shares red hot, according to the Ordalian Law. 1745 E. Young Consolation 9 Final Ruin fiercely drives Her Ploughshare o'er Creation! 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc iii. 540 O'er red-hot plough-shares make me skip to please Your dotard fancies! 1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans I. xiii. 194 He may find his six feet of earth, when God chooses; and keep it in peace, perhaps, if he has a friend who will take the pains to sink his head so low, that the ploughshares cannot reach it! 1855 F. E. von Koch Let. 9 Jan. in Lewin Lett. (1909) II. v. 154 The ploughshares have certainly burnt my feet; but I have come through the ordeal victorious. 1879 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (ed. 6) I. ix. 301 It is the snout of a glacier that must act the part of ploughshare. 1917 R. Graves Fairies & Fusiliers 19 The ploughshare snaps in the iron ground. 1990 R. Malan My Traitor's Heart (1991) 355 A Thembu who sinks a plowshare into that plain will surely be killed by the Mabaso, and vice versa. †2. Anatomy. A ploughshare bone (see Compounds 1). Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1863 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 153 45 Two or three vertebræ are welded together to form the terminal slender styliform bone of the tail, without undergoing the ‘plough-share’ modification.] 1890 Cent. Dict. Plowshare... 2. In anat., the vomer. Compounds C1. ploughshare instinct n. ΚΠ 1820 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 23 182 The peasantry in France inherit the mere ploughshare instincts of their fathers. ploughshare line n. ΚΠ a1901 R. W. Buchanan White Rose & Red in Compl. Poet. Wks. (1901) i. ii. 384 Tho' no flowers of dazzling beauty In their ploughshare line of duty Rose and bloom'd. ploughshare-shaped adj. ΚΠ 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 18 The terminal ploughshare-shaped vertebrae. 1936 Amer. Midland Naturalist 17 802 Accessory piece of a ploughshare-shaped structure lying alongside the cirrus proximally. 1994 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 344 107/1 A distinct layer of bone rising to form a ploughshare-shaped front to the bone. C2. ploughshare bone n. (a) Anatomy the vomer (now rare or disused); (b) Ornithology the pygostyle of a bird. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > constituent materials > [noun] > vomer ploughshare bone1777 the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > tail > bone in ploughshare bone1777 pygostyle1868 vomer1872 1777 tr. B. S. Albinus Tables Skeleton & Muscles 1 The os vomer, or plow-share bone. 1831 Encycl. Brit. II. 778/2 The vomer or plough~share bone is symmetrical,..forming the posterior part of the nasal partition. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 291/2 The Ischio-coccygeus..extending..to the sides of the..plough~share bone. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 542 In all modern flying birds..there is a fusion of about four terminal vertebrae to form the ploughshare-bone or pygostyle. 1997 New Scientist 1 Feb. 30/3 A pygostyle (or ploughshare bone) made of between four and seven fused tail vertebrae to support the tail feathers. ploughshare vaulting n. Architecture vaulting resembling a ploughshare in shape (see quot. 1911). ΚΠ a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) II. 187 This twisting of the surface has received the very appropriate name of ploughshare vaulting. 1911 G. H. West Gothic Archit. in Eng. & France Gloss. 337 This produces a twist in the spandrel filling between the two ribs, especially in oblong vaults, which has caused this form of vault to be called ploughshare vaulting. 1951 H. Braun Eng. Mediaeval Archit. (1967) iv. 88 This ‘sexpartite’ vaulting is often known as ‘ploughshare’, from the shape produced at this point.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1387
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