colter

American  

[kohl-ter] / ˈkoʊl tər /

Or coulter

noun

1. a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.

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colter British  

/ ˈkəʊltə /

noun

1. a variant spelling (esp US) of coulter

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Etymology

Origin of colter

1300–50; Middle English, Old English culter < Latin: knife, plowshare

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

colter

Why, the weacked old critter, she kept a backing and backing, on till she back'd me right up agin the colter, and knock'd a piece of skin off my shin nearly so big.

From The Universal Reciter 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems by Various

Their harnesses creaked a monotonous complaint with their renewed efforts, the colter came whining behind them.

From The Plow-Woman by Gates, Eleanor

The Tavenner plow has a cast-iron moldboard and a wrought-iron share and colter.

From Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17 by Schlebecker, John T.

It has an almost flat, wooden moldboard; wrought-iron share and colter; a two-wheel truck in front for the beam; and one handle.

From Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17 by Schlebecker, John T.

But there be tough old roots in some soils, roots stout enough to snap the colter of the commercializing plow,—as, for example, in Paradise Valley, owned, in broken areas, principally by an unreconciled Major Dabney.

From The Quickening by Ashe, E. M.