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Mouldboard   Listen
noun
Mouldboard, Moldboard  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.





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"Mouldboard" Quotes from Famous Books



... glass; the worker must estimate the amount of glass to be withdrawn for the particular size of the bottle that is to be made. This ball of glowing material is withdrawn from the furnace; the worker rolls it on a sloping moldboard, shaping it to a cylinder, and passes the wand to the blower who is standing ready to receive it. The blower drops the cylinder of glass into a mold, which is held open for its reception by yet another man; the mold snaps shut; the blower applies ...
— How To Write Special Feature Articles • Willard Grosvenor Bleyer


Words linked to "Mouldboard" :   mouldboard plough, wedge, moldboard, moldboard plow


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