pulley-plough noun1 •A steam cable-drawn plowing system or type of horse-drawn grading plow utilizing rope-and-pulley mechanical advantage.there is no Occasion for two Irons to be fixed at the Arse or Tail of this Plough, as there is in the Pulley-plough, to gather up the Earth, and leave it in a Ridge Form on the Drill — 1750 formspulley ploughs · pulley-ploughs