plow beam

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow. [1913 Webster]

Where fern succeeds ungrateful to the plow.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

2.Fig.: Agriculture; husbandry. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]

3.A carucate of land; a plowland. [Obs.] [Eng.] [1913 Webster]

Johan, mine eldest son, shall have plowes five.— Tale of Gamelyn.[1913 Webster]

4.A joiner's plane for making grooves; a grooving plane. [1913 Webster]

5.(Bookbinding) An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books. [1913 Webster]

6.(Astron.) Same as Charles's Wain. [1913 Webster]

Ice plow, a plow used for cutting ice on rivers, ponds, etc., into cakes suitable for storing. [U. S.]

Mackerel plow. See under Mackerel.

Plow alms, a penny formerly paid by every plowland to the church. --Cowell.

Plow beam, that part of the frame of a plow to which the draught is applied. See Beam, n., 9.

Plow Monday, the Monday after Twelth Day, or the end of Christmas holidays.

Plow staff. (a) A kind of long-handled spade or paddle for cleaning the plowshare; a paddle staff. (b) A plow handle.

Snow plow, a structure, usually [Lambda]-shaped, for removing snow from sidewalks, railroads, etc., -- drawn or driven by a horse or a locomotive. [1913 Webster] Plow