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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Sleband, Slieband, Sle(e)-band, n. [? Reduced form of Slef(e n. and Band n.¹ 2. Cf. MDu. slove in the same sense. Also in the later dial.] An iron band or collar fixed on the beam of a plough to give additional strength at the point where the coulter is attached. — 1535 Stewart 51535.
Pleuch irnis … sok and some, culter and sle-band 1585 Prot. Bk. W. Cumming 75.
Plewche and plewche grayth, ane cultyr, sok, ȝokis, sowms, and slebandis 1650–1 Aberd. Shore Wk. Acc. 342.
2 iron heids and sliebands therto Pleugh-Song in 1662 Forbes Cantus (1666).
All that belongs to the pleugh … the slee-band [etc.]