cutter bar

American  

[kuht-er bahr] / ˈkʌt ər ˌbɑr /

noun

1. Also called sickle bar.  (in a mower, binder, or combine) a bar with triangular guards along which a knife or blade runs.

2. a bar holding the cutting tool in a boring machine or lathe.

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Etymology

Origin of cutter bar

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

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cutter bar

All morning you could hear the rattle of the machine as it went round and round, while the tall grass fell down behind the cutter bar in long green swathes.

From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White

The cutter bar can be raised and lowered parallel to the ground for desired cutting heights, and it can be lifted and fastened in an upright position for transport to and from the field.

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 cutter bar, over 5 feet long, has three triangular sickle blades which oscillate through the guard teeth, as in Hussey or modern cutter bars.

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 may be cut by the mower as ordinarily used, by the mower, with a board or zinc platform attachment to the cutter bar, by the self-rake reaper, or by the grain binder.

From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Shaw, Thomas

The cutter bar, suggestive of Hussey's, has triangular knives which vibrate over long fingers.

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.