{Plowshare bone} (Anat.), the pygostyle. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Ploughshare — may refer to the following:* Ploughshare an alternative spelling of Plowshare * Ploughshares , an American literary journal *Operation Plowshare *Plowshares Movement *Plowshare bone, in the anatomy of birds it is the pygostyle or vomer… … Wikipedia
ploughshare — ► NOUN ▪ the main cutting blade of a plough … English terms dictionary
ploughshare — UK [ˈplaʊˌʃeə(r)] / US [ˈplaʊˌʃer] noun [countable] Word forms ploughshare : singular ploughshare plural ploughshares the curved blade of a plough … English dictionary
ploughshare — noun the main cutting blade of a plough, behind the coulter. Origin ME: from plough + OE scær, scear ploughshare (rel. to shear) … English new terms dictionary
ploughshare-headed dolphins — trumpagalviai delfinai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas gentis apibrėžtis Gentyje 6 rūšys. Paplitimo arealas – visi vandenynai, išskyrus arktines ir antarktines jūras. atitikmenys: lot. Lagenorhynchus angl. ploughshare headed … Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas
ploughshare — plough|share BrE plowshare AmE [ˈplauʃeə US ʃer] n 1.) the broad curved metal blade of a ↑plough, which turns over the soil 2.) turn/beat swords into ploughshares to stop fighting and start living in peace … Dictionary of contemporary English
ploughshare — [[t]pla͟ʊʃeə(r)[/t]] ploughshares PHRASE: V inflects If you say that swords have been turned into ploughshares or beaten into ploughshares, you mean that a state of conflict between two or more groups of people has ended and a period of peace has … English dictionary
ploughshare — scear … English to the Old English
ploughshare — BrE usually plowshare AmE noun (C) the broad curved metal blade of a plough, which turns over the soil … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
ploughshare — /ˈplaʊʃɛə/ (say plowshair) noun the share of a plough which cuts the slice of earth and raises it to the mouldboard. Also, Chiefly US, plowshare …
