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• Coulter
  Coulter

  noun

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

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

Northern Ireland's links to World Cup songs stretch back to 1970, when Phil Coulter was a co-writer of England's Back Home.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

At more than 4,000 feet, up in the Cuyamaca Mountains, it rests among coastal live oak woodlands and Coulter pine forests.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 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

Even in her sickened distress, Lena Feldt could see that Mrs. Coulter had more force in her soul than anyone she had ever seen.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman

The ploughman answers, "I don't thank ye for your coulter, I hae ane already."

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

I looked the plow over carefully and wondered what the "coulter" was.

From Twenty Years of Hus'ling by W. W. (William Wallace) Denslow

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

"I did take the coulter off, and as it didn't work well I put it back on, and thought I would take the wheel off."

From Twenty Years of Hus'ling by W. W. (William Wallace) Denslow

This usually included, for a holding of more than 5 acres, a coulter, a plowshare, a yoke, a cart, an axe, a cauldron, a pan, a dish, and a cask.

From Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition by S. A. Reilly