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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A chain for attaching the leading horses to a plow. It is supported by a hanger beneath the clevis, in order to preserve the line of draft and avoid pulling down the nose of the plow-beam.
  • noun A short rope used to pull the tram in a coalmine.
  • noun A horseload, Halliwell.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A chain by which a leading horse draws a plow.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A chain by which a leading horse draws a plough.

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