Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Noting a plow having a reversible mold-board, whereby a furrow may be turned either to the right or to the left, according to the position of the mold-board.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun engraving, engraving Designating a cumbersome style of plow used in England, esp. in Kent.
  • noun engraving Designating a kind of hillside plow.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun UK A cumbersome kind of plough formerly used in England, especially in Kent.

Etymologies

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turn +‎ wrest?

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