Fool-Plough
' A pageant to celebrate the termination of the labours of the plough ; see below.
📜 This word in 1898 dialectexpand
' 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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- plough62%
The use of a plough; tillage.
- plough56%
(agriculture) A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.
- ploughbote53%
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- ploat52%
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