mould-board

1) The board or plate in a plough which turns over the earth to make the furrow.

1395 It. pro ix molebrodclowtys, Whitby

c.1535 twelue plowght hedesvj molberdes, Stillingfleet

1581 for mouldbord clout and the shares, Stockeld

1656 In the Stable Chamber: Item two ploughes … and five mold boards, Eshton

1681 20 mold bords, 3 harow sweards, 6 pare of plough stilts, Burn. In cases where confusion with moulding-board might be possible the context is important: 1612 speakes, 2 mowlbreads 3 axle trees, Eccleshill

1638 a malding bord, 2 saddels & 3 pannels, Gateford.

dates 1395 1535 1581 1612 1638 1656 1681

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