How do you use Mouldboard in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like moldboard or wedge, plus the exact meaning.
Mouldboard meaning
- A curved blade on a plough that serves to turn over the furrow.
- A follow board.
Using Mouldboard
- The main meaning on this page is: A curved blade on a plough that serves to turn over the furrow. | A follow board.
- Useful related words include: moldboard, wedge.
- In the example corpus, mouldboard often appears in combinations such as: the mouldboard, mouldboard plough, mouldboard and.
Context around Mouldboard
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 7 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mouldboard
- In this selection, "mouldboard" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, row, heavy, two, plough, iron and ploughs stand out and add context to how "mouldboard" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as the mouldboard plough and as the mouldboard plough but. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mouldboard" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mouldboard
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
By the Han period, the entire ploughshare was made of cast iron ; these are the first known heavy mouldboard iron ploughs. (21 words)
The ploughshare spread the cut horizontally below the surface, so when the mouldboard lifted it, a wider area of soil was turned over. (23 words)
A major advance for this type of farming was the turnplough, also known as the mouldboard plough (UK), moldboard plow (US), or frame-plough. (24 words)
It doesn't make as good a job as the mouldboard plough (but this is not considered a disadvantage, because it helps fight wind erosion), but it does lift and break up the soil (see disc harrow ). (37 words)
Reversible plough A four-furrow reversible Kverneland plough The reversible plough has two mouldboard ploughs mounted back-to-back, one turning to the right, the other to the left. (29 words)
Because of these attributes, the use of a chisel plough is considered by some to be more sustainable than other types of plough, such as the mouldboard plough. (28 words)
Example sentences (11)
On modern ploughs and some older ploughs, the mouldboard is separate from the share and runner, so these parts can be replaced without replacing the mouldboard.
A couple of the oldest items offered were an old John Shearer six-row mouldboard plough on steel wheels with a good number of spare shears.
A major advance for this type of farming was the turnplough, also known as the mouldboard plough (UK), moldboard plow (US), or frame-plough.
Because of these attributes, the use of a chisel plough is considered by some to be more sustainable than other types of plough, such as the mouldboard plough.
By the Han period, the entire ploughshare was made of cast iron ; these are the first known heavy mouldboard iron ploughs.
In addition, the resulting pattern of low (under the mouldboard) and high (beside it) ridges in the soil forms water channels, allowing the soil to drain.
It doesn't make as good a job as the mouldboard plough (but this is not considered a disadvantage, because it helps fight wind erosion), but it does lift and break up the soil (see disc harrow ).
Reversible plough A four-furrow reversible Kverneland plough The reversible plough has two mouldboard ploughs mounted back-to-back, one turning to the right, the other to the left.
S.A.) blacksmith, noted that the ploughing of many sticky, non-sandy soils might benefit from modifications in the design of the mouldboard and in the metals used.
The mouldboard plough greatly reduced the amount of time needed to prepare a field, and as a consequence, allowed a farmer to work a larger area of land.
The ploughshare spread the cut horizontally below the surface, so when the mouldboard lifted it, a wider area of soil was turned over.
Common combinations with mouldboard
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: