snowplow

An implement used to clear a road or track of snow. It is of two kinds: one is adapted to be hauled by horses or oxen on a common highway, and the other to be placed in front of a locomotive. A variety of the latter is adapted for street railways. The simplest form for common highways consists of boards framed together so as to form a sharp angle, like the letter A, in front, and spreading out behind to a greater or le width. Being drawn along with the apex in front, the snow is thrown off by the boards to the side of Snow-plow. the road or path, and thus a free pa age is opened for traffic. For railway purposes the forms are various, according to the character of the country, the amount of snow-fall, tendency to drift, .