go-devil

go-dev·il

(gō′dĕv′əl)n.1. A logging sled.2. A railway handcar.3. A jointed tool for cleaning an oil pipeline and disengaging obstructions.4. An iron dart dropped into an oil well to explode a charge of dynamite.

go′-dev`il

n. 1. a sled used to drag or carry logs, stone, etc. 2. a field cultivator that rides on wooden runners and is used on listed furrows. [1825–35, Amer.]

Go-devil

Another name for a sled-lister cultivator. The name go-devil was also sometimes applied locally to various other farm implements.