a plough with a double mouldboard designed to throw soil to either side of a central furrow
Also called: lister plough, middlebreaker, middle buster
Word origin
C19: from list2
Lister in British English
(ˈlɪstə)
noun
Joseph, 1st Baron Lister. 1827–1912, British surgeon, who introduced the use of antiseptics
Lister in American English
(ˈlɪstər)
Joseph1st Baron Lister of Lyme Regis 1827-1912; Eng. surgeon: introduced antiseptic surgery
lister in American English1
(ˈlɪstər)
noun
US
a plow with a double moldboard, which heaps the earth on both sides of the furrow: it is sometimes combined with a drill that plants seed at the same time