English Explanatory Dictionary

gangplow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A plow with multiple plowshares, moldboards, and colters, arranged in a series to turn parallel furrows simultaneously.
  2. A combination of several plows with blades in one frame, operated as a machine.

Pronunciation

găngʹplou' /ˈɡæŋˌplaʊ/

Word forms

gangplow gangplows gang plow gang-plow gangplough gang plough gang-plough

Etymology

From gang (“a combination of tools or machines coordinated to work together as a set”) + plow (“a farm implement used to break up soil into furrows for sowing”).

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