wooden plow

Carved soil breaker

A wooden plow is an agricultural implement made primarily of wood, used to break and turn soil before planting.

These were the standard plowing tools for millennia before iron and steel plows became widespread in the 19th century.

The wooden moldboard couldn't scour cleanly in heavy soils, limiting where farming could thrive: Farmers with wooden plows avoided the sticky prairie earth.

Related
  • furrowNarrow trench in earth
  • oxCastrated male cattle
  • draft animalLivestock trained to haul
  • yokeCrosspiece binding draft animals
  • soilGround matter for planting

turn the soil · breaking ground · field · tillage · harrow · blade · farmer · draft · earth · iron · primitive · old fashioned · agriculture · medieval · handle · moldboard · share · cultivation

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material composition

wooden plowiron plow

Metal farming tillage tool

technological advancement

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Agricultural pulling vehicle

combine harvester

agricultural method

wooden plowindustrial agriculture

Large-scale mechanized farming

factory farming · mechanized farming · hydroponic system · vertical farming

Family

wood, wooden, woodenly, woods, wooded, woody, woodwork, woodworker, woodworking

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Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G