Definition of Moldboards. Meaning of Moldboards. Synonyms of Moldboards

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Definition of Moldboards

Moldboard
Moldboard Mold"board`, Mouldboard Mould"board`, n. 1. A curved plate of iron (originally of wood) back of the share of a plow, which turns over the earth in plowing. 2. (Founding) A follow board.

Meaning of Moldboards from wikipedia

- farming was the turn plough, also known as the mould-board plough (UK), moldboard plow (U.S.), or frame-plough. A coulter (or skeith) could be added to...
- component of a plow (or plough). It is the cutting or leading edge of a moldboard which closely follows the coulter (one or more ground-breaking spikes)...
- pedometer, the polygraph (a device for duplicating writing), and the moldboard plow, an idea he never patented and gave to posterity. Jefferson can also...
- wood. The plow bolt was devised to hold replaceable plowshares to the moldboards of iron plows. The share, the fastest-wearing part of the plow, would...
- 1837 by an Illinois blacksmith named John Deere who developed a steel moldboard plow that was stronger and cut the roots, making the fertile soils of...
- hardpan formed by compaction from repeated plowing, particularly with moldboard plows, or by heavy traffic or pollution. Soil structure strongly affects...
- plowing of land and its introduction coincided with the adoption of the moldboard plow. These parallel developments complemented each other and increased...
- Germanic peoples, due to the more abundant food supply available, use the "moldboard" plow, introduced by the Slavs in Eastern Europe. The plow works the land...
- harrows and cultivators. This may follow primary tillage (if any) by moldboard plows or chisel plows. No-till farming methods avoid tillage for seedbed...
- draft-animal-powered or mechanized work include ploughing (overturning with moldboards or chiseling with chisel shanks), rototilling, rolling with cultipackers...