Plowshare

Plowshare

In agriculture, a plowshare (or ploughshare) is a component of a plow (plough). It is the cutting or leading edge of a moldboard which closely follows the coulter (one or more ground-breaking spikes) when plowing.

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    Not in our time, O Lord,
    the plowshare for the sword,
    not in our time, the knife,
    sated with life-blood and life,
    to trim the barren vine.
    Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)