sokha
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A wooden plow from Russia pulled by one horse to turn the soil
- noun
- Archaic
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sokha
- The farmer used a sokha to till the soil in the spring.
Examples
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Unlike modern plows, the sokha required considerable skill to operate effectively.
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As modernization spread, the sokha gradually disappeared from rural Russian landscapes.
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The farmer used a sokha to plow the fields.
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Can you believe how old that sokha is?
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The farmer used a sokha to till the soil in the spring.
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As modernization spread, the sokha gradually disappeared from rural Russian landscapes.
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Unlike modern plows, the sokha required considerable skill to operate effectively.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sokha comes from an old Slavic word that meant a simple 'wooden plow'. Picture a two-beam tool pulled by one horse, and that's why sokha today means the old Russian plow used to till fields.
