It was one of the earliest types of plough used in Hebridean crofting, and consisted of a small crooked piece of wood with an iron tip at one end and a top-mounted handle or stilt (thus, a single-stilted plough). Its curving coulter and sock were both made of iron.
This early agricultural tool was utilized in Hebridean crofting and consisted of a curved piece of wood with an iron cutting point at one end and a raised handle or support at the top (yielding a single-legged plough). The blade and sole were fashioned from iron.