Broadshare

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A heavy cultivator with wide V-shaped shares, used to loosen and dig up stubble and weeds after a harvest.

    "This plough possesses the recommendations of being a Broadshare, Scarifier, and Subsoil Plough, combined in one and the same implement."

Verb
  1. 1
    To go over a field with a broadshare.

    "When land proves to be very foul after harvest, it is best, first to shallow, spuddle, or broadshare the surface, harrow up the weeds, cart them to a mixen, or burn them on the spot:"

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"This plough possesses the recommendations of being a Broadshare, Scarifier, and Subsoil Plough, combined in one and the same implement."

Etymology

From broad + share, that is, a wide share (cutting blade), as on a plow.

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