gangplow

English

Alternative forms

• gang plow, gang-plow
• gangplough, gang plough, gang-plough (UK)

Etymology

From gang (“a combination of tools or machines coordinated to work together as a set”) +‎ plow (“a farm implement used to break up soil into furrows for sowing”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: găngʹplou', IPA^(key): /ˈɡæŋˌplaʊ/
• Hyphenation: gang‧plow

Noun

gangplow (plural gangplows) (American spelling)

1. A plow with multiple plowshares, moldboards, and colters, arranged in a series to turn parallel furrows simultaneously.
2. A combination of several plows with blades in one frame, operated as a machine.

Further reading

• “gangplow”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “gangplow”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “gangplow”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 2451, column 2.
• William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “gangplow”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volume II, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 2451, column 2.