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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SLEE-BAND, n. comb. Also sly-. In the old wooden plough: a iron ring or collar fixed on the beam to give additional strength at the point where the coulter is attached (Sc. 1743 R. Maxwell Select Trans. Append.; Lnk. 1825 Jam.); also defined as “the ancient muzzle of the plough” (Mry. 1813 W. Leslie Agric Mry. 465), but this is doubtful.Ork. 1747 P. Ork. A.S. XII. 48:
Two Scots plewghs for Oxen having Iron Shoding and Sleebands.