jan 1, 1681 - mould-board

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The board or plate in a plough which turns over the earth to make the furrow. 1395 <i> It. pro ix molebrodclowtys </i>, Whitby (SS72/718); <i> c </i>.1535 <i> twelue plowght hedes </i> … <i> vj molberdes </i>, Stillingfleet (YRS45/129); 1581 <i> for mouldbord clout and the shares </i>, Stockeld (YRS161/33); 1656 <i> In the Stable Chamber: Item two ploughes … and five mold boards </i>, Eshton (YRS134/113); 1681 <i> 20 mold bords, 3 harow sweards, 6 pare of plough stilts </i>, Burn (YRS47/142). In cases where confusion with moulding-board might be possible the context is important: 1612 <i> speakes, 2 mowlbreads 3 axle trees </i>, Eccleshill (YRS134/69); 1638 <i> a malding bord, 2 saddels & 3 pannels </i>, Gateford (YRS47/66).

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