ploughbeam

English

Parts of a plough: 1. ploughbeam; 2. hake; 3. regulator; 4. coulter; 5. chisel; 6. ploughshare; 7. mouldboard; 8. ploughstaff.

Alternative forms

• plough beam, plough-beam (Commonwealth, Ireland)
• plow beam, plowbeam, plow-beam (US)

Etymology

From plough +‎ beam.

Noun

ploughbeam (plural ploughbeams)

1. (agriculture, British spelling) Wooden or metal bar that connects the shares of a plough to the yoke.

Translations

Translations

• Arabic:

  Egyptian Arabic: قَصَبَة f (ʔaṣaba), حِجْر m (ḥigr), سبيونة f (sabyūna)

• Finnish: aisa (fi), auran aisa, ojas
• French: age (fr) m, haie (fr) f, arbre (fr) m, flèche (fr) f
• German: Pflugbaum m, Grindel m
• Hebrew: מָנוֹר (he) m
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: hincar (ku) f

• Ossetian: пох (pox)
• Polish: belka pługa f
• Portuguese: chavelha (pt) f
• Russian: гря́диль (ru) m (grjádilʹ)
• Welsh: arnodd f or m

Further reading

• “ploughbeam”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• “plough beam”, in Oxford Reference‎^[1], Oxford University Press, 1 March 2024 (last accessed): “The wooden or metal bar that connects the blades, shares, and their mountings to the yoke, which in turn is attached to the harnesses fitted to the draught animals that provide the power.”
• “plow beam”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.