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

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.

A Carey plow with a slot in the beam for a 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.

The plow has a lock colter and wrought-iron share fitted on the end of a wooden beam.

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.

This sod-turning plow has its landside, moldboard, and colter in separate pieces.

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.