a. Of a plow: Having a broad share.
1862. J. Wilson, Farming, 110. Broadshare or paring ploughs are much used … in the autumn cleaning of stubbles.
Hence Broadshare v.
1856. Farmer’s Mag., Jan., 23/1. The practice of broadsharing the stubbles immediately after harvest.
1863. Morton, Cycl. Agric., II. Gloss., Broad-sharing (Kent), ploughing shallow and wide with a broad share, without turning it over.
