moldboard

Furrow-shaping blade curve

A moldboard is the curved metal plate on a plow that turns over the soil after the blade cuts it.

The shape lifts and flips the earth to one side, burying weeds and crop residue.

Moldboard also refers to the angled blade on a bulldozer or snowplow that pushes material aside: The snowplow's moldboard cleared the highway.

equipment

tractor

Agricultural pulling vehicle

disk · harrow · ripper · subsoiler

furrow

turning

Act of rotating

ridge · trench · groove · channel · scoring · cutting · sod · residue · stubble · ploughing

tillage

cultivation

Fostering growth through care

  • seedbedPrepared ground for sprouting
  • sowingPlanting for cultivation
  • fallowUnplanted field recovering

rotation · weeding · hoeing · mulching · manure · compost · breaking · turning · working

soil

topsoil

Nutrient-rich surface earth

  • loamFertile soil mixture
  • clayMoldable earth for ceramics
  • siltWaterborne earth particles

humus · earth · substrate · peat · sand · dirt · ground · aeration · compaction · structure

plowparts

share

Portion given out

beam · tailpiece · wedge · plowhead · draft · traction · harness · yoke · plowline · plowman

Categories
Opposites
plow component function

moldboardplowshare

Cutting blade for tillage

coulter · share · cutting edge · blade · knife

tillage philosophy

moldboardno-till

Undisturbed-soil cultivation

conservation tillage · direct seeding

Family

mold, board, plowshare, mouldboard

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G