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語源

From 中期英語 plowgh-schare, plowh schare, equivalent to plow +‎ share. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Plouchskoar (“ploughshare”), West Frisian ploechskaar (“ploughshare”), Dutch ploegschaar (“ploughshare”), German Low German Ploogschoor (“ploughshare”), German Pflugschar (“ploughshare”), Danish plovskær (“ploughshare”), Norwegian plogskjær (“ploughshare”).

Eclipsed non-native 中期英語 culter (“ploughshare”), from 古期英語 culter (“ploughshare, coulter, dagger”), borrowed from Latin culter (“knife, razor”).

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plowshare (plural plowshares)

1. (American spelling) Alternative spelling of ploughshare.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 2:4:

     And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.