' A pageant to celebrate the termination of the labours of the plough ; see below.
' A pageant to celebrate the termination of the labours of the plough ; see below. Cf fond-plough.
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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The use of a plough; tillage.
(agriculture) A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.
(UK, legal, historical) Wood or timber allowed to a tenant for the repair of instruments of husbandry.
(US, dated) A feast or celebration held following the killing of the family pig by a cottager or peasant.
(UK, idiomatic) To carry out an action in isolation, or in an original way, without any help or support from others.