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broadshare

noun

Etymology

From broad + share, that is, a wide share (cutting blade), as on a plow.

  1. derived from *(s)ker-✻
  2. inherited from *skarō✻
  3. inherited from *skaru✻
  4. inherited from sċearu
  5. inherited from schare
  6. compounded as broadshare — “broad + share”

Definitions

  1. A heavy cultivator with wide V-shaped shares, used to loosen and dig up stubble and weeds…

    A heavy cultivator with wide V-shaped shares, used to loosen and dig up stubble and weeds after a harvest.

    • This plough possesses the recommendations of being a Broadshare, Scarifier, and Subsoil Plough, combined in one and the same implement.
    • The surface is first broken with a cultivator fitted with broad blades, a plough, or a broadshare.

  2. To go over a field with a broadshare.

    • When land proves to be very foul after harvest, it is best, first to shallow, spuddle, or broadshare the surface, harrow up the weeds, cart them to a mixen, or burn them on the spot:
    • The cheapest way is to broadshare the stubble immediately after harvest.
    • The most effectual plan of doing so is to broadshare the stubbles.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA