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- noun Plural form of
moldboard .
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Examples
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Plows with steep moldboards have the greatest pulverizing action upon the soil.
28 additional technical notes about tropical agriculture 1996
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Unlike moldboards plows, they are less likely to form a plow pan if used at the same depth year after year.
Chapter 8 1981
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Unless equipped with a spring trip device, moldboards do not handle rocky soils well.
Chapter 8 1981
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The English plan of moldboards, that overcome all possible traction and necessitate the duplex stationary engines, with the cumbrous "artillery of attachments," may do for sluggish people but will never meet the wants of the Yankee nation.
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