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  Coulter

  noun

  John Merle 1851–1928, U.S. botanist.
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  coulter

  noun

  a blade or sharp-edged disc attached to a plough so that it cuts through the soil vertically in advance of the ploughshare

Coulter

American  

[kohl-ter] / ˈkoʊl tər /

noun

1. John Merle 1851–1928, U.S. botanist.

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coulter British  

/ ˈkəʊltə /

noun

1. Also (esp US): colter. a blade or sharp-edged disc attached to a plough so that it cuts through the soil vertically in advance of the ploughshare

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Etymology

Origin of coulter

Old English culter, from Latin: ploughshare, knife

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Example Sentences

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The screening process can also include poring over artists’ social media, according to Julie Coulter, the owner of J. Coulter & Co.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Earlier this month, Coulter recalled in the Daily Telegraph, how successful record sales of Back Home were, until England's collapse in the 1970 World Cup quarter-finals against West Germany.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

There’s Jim Coulter, executive chairman and a founding partner of TPG, who now helps lead the firm’s impact and environmental investing practices.

From Barron's ● Dec. 5, 2025

“Michael Coulter started the game and played the first two quarters, I played the second two and Michael never played again.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2025

“You could easily tell me, Carlo,” Mrs. Coulter was murmuring.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman

Pliny mentions a plough with one mould-board, and others with a coulter, of which he says there were many kinds.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various

And cozie here, beneath the blast, Thou thought to dwell; Till, crash! the cruel coulter past Out through thy cell.

From One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed by C. A. Bogardus

Now the one on the left hand of the poor ploughman makes the first offer, by way of answer to what above was said: "I'll gie ye a coulter to help ye to your trade."

From Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk by Robert Ford

When the surface is uneven, the uniform slope is preserved by means of a wheel and screw, which governs the plug, or coulter, raising or lowering it at pleasure.

From Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles by Henry F. (Henry Flagg) French

Burns, lamenting that his share uptears the bed of the "wee modest crimson-tipped flower" and sorrowing that he has turned the "Mousie" from its "bit o' leaves and stibble" by the cruel coulter.

From Inventions in the Century by William Henry Doolittle

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