middlebuster
English
Etymology
From middle + buster.
Noun
middlebuster (plural middlebusters)
- (US, regional) A type of plough with two mouldboards, which throws earth out to either side. [from 19th c.]
- Synonym: middle splitter
- 1968, Charles Portis, True Grit:
- Tom Chaney rode his gray horse that was better suited to pulling a middlebuster than carrying a rider.