† share mouldn.
Obsolete.
A thick sheet of iron manufactured so that it can be shaped and sharpened into a ploughshare.
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1568 in D. W. Crossley Sidney Ironworks Accts. 1541–73 (1975) 193 One Share mold ii s.
1665 D. Dudley Mettallum Martis sig. D5v The Iron thereof made is very Redshare, which is that if a workman should Draw or Forge out a Share mould fit for a Plough in that red heat, it would crack and not be fit for the Use of the Husbandsmans Plough or Share.
1706 Boston News-let. 18 Mar. 24/2 Good Share Moulds to be Sold by Mr. Nathaniel Ayres at his Shop.
1806 R. Parkinson Eng. Pract. Agric. 16 I naturally supposed they would send me share moulds; but they sent, on the contrary, sheet iron, a great deal too thin for that purpose.
1878 Sessional Papers Canada (3rd Parl., 5th Session) XI. No. 43. 14 Rod, bar, hoop, sheet, plate and pig iron, and pig lead; share moulds and mould boards.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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