snowplough

nounB2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechneutral

Other forms: snowploughs

A snowplough is a vehicle with a blade that clears roads of snow. Wait for the snowplough.

Salt is spread before the snow rather than after, since the point is stopping it sticking. A snowplough turn is also a beginner's way of slowing on skis.

Definitions of snowplough

1nounsnowploughA vehicle with a blade that clears roads of snow.B2
“The snowplough reached the village on the fourth day.”

snowplough is a vehicle.

Also accepted in games: snowplow

Where it comes from

Snow plus plough, from the shape and action of a farm plough.

From snow + plough.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Vehicles & Machines

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snowplough in the wild

The snowplough turn, snowplow turn, or wedge turn is a downhill skiing braking and turning technique.
Snowplough turn
Some schools now bypass stemming entirely, moving students from snowplough to carving to avoid difficult to unlearn habits tied to older methods.
Arlberg technique
The first train crossed in autumn 1922 and materials from this cargo were used to make a permanent snowplough.
Stuguflåt Bridge
Railroad equipment includes locomotives, a sleeper car, passenger coach, freight equipment, cabooses, freight cars and a snowplough.
Alberta Central Railway Museum

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

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