Bull-tongue
a plow having a vertical moldboard, used in cultivating cotton.
Historical Examples
The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains Charles Egbert Craddock
The Negro Farmer Carl Kelsey
Our Southern Highlanders Horace Kephart
noun (mainly US)
a heavy plough used in growing cotton, having an almost vertical mouldboard
a plough or cultivator with a single shovel
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