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.
It was one of the earliest types of plough used in Hebridean crofting, characterized by a curved wooden beam with an iron cutting edge and a raised handle or support at the top (resulting in a single-legged plough). Both the blade and sole were made from iron.