Definition of "furrow-slice" []

• A narrow slice of earth turned up by the plow. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "He constructed an immense plow, worked by 12 or 16 horses, by means of which a furrow-slice, 16 inches in depth, was turned out; and, by a modification of the plow, a second slice was removed, to the depth, in all, of two feet."
• "The device for using two disks to turn a single furrow-slice rests upon"
• "Every inch of the soil should be stirred to a certain depth, and that requires a plow so set that it does not turn a furrow-slice much wider than the point can cut."