| The ard, ard plough, or scratch plough is a simple light plough without a mouldboard. |
| The quandrangular ard has a horizontal sole body connected to a straight, nearly parallel beam by a stilt and a brace. |
| Third is the seed drill ard, used specifically in Mesopotamia, which added a funnel for dropping seed in the furrows as the ard cut them. |
| The triangular ard has a horizontal sole body holding the beam and stilt which cross each other, forming a triangle at the base. |
| His moody, underexpos ed shot of a greylag goose on the bank of the Thames, set against the Sh ard, is proof that the beauty of nature can be captured anywhere. |
| The body ard dominates in Portugal, western Spain, the Balkans, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, and most of Latin America. |
