ploughbeam

English

Parts of a plough: 1. ploughbeam; 2. hake; 3. regulator; 4. coulter; 5. chisel; 6. ploughshare; 7. mouldboard; 8. ploughstaff.

Alternative forms

• (Commonwealth, Ireland) plough beam, plough-beam
• (US) plow beam, plowbeam, plow-beam

Etymology

From plough +‎ beam.

Noun

ploughbeam (plural ploughbeams)

1. (agriculture, British spelling) Wooden or metal bar that connects the shares of a plough to the yoke.

Translations

• Hebrew: מָנוֹר (he) m
• Northern Kurdish: hincar (ku) f
• Portuguese: chavelha (pt) f
• Welsh: arnodd f or m

Further reading

• “ploughbeam”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• “plough beam”, in Oxford Reference‎^[1], Oxford University Press, 2024 March 1 (last accessed): “The wooden or metal bar that connects the blades, shares, and their mountings to the yoke, which in turn is attached to the harnesses fitted to the draught animals that provide the power.”
• “plow beam”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.