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Noun: ard
Usage: archaic
  1. A simple light plough without a mouldboard
    "Rather than cutting and turning the soil to produce ridged furrows, the ard breaks up a narrow strip of soil and cuts a shallow furrow (or drill), leaving intervening strips undisturbed";
    - ard plough, scratch plough

Derived forms: ards

Type of: plough [Brit, Cdn], plow [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Ard, Ken