Noun: scratch plough
- A simple light plough without a mouldboard
"Rather than cutting and turning the soil to produce ridged furrows, the scratch plough breaks up a narrow strip of soil and cuts a shallow furrow (or drill), leaving intervening strips undisturbed.";
- ard [archaic], ard plough
Type of: plough [Brit, Cdn], plow [N. Amer]
Encyclopedia: Scratch plough