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

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

It consists of a frame carrying a revolving shaft, which is by some called the cutter head, and by others the cutter bar, and to which the cutters or knives are attached.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

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

C. Coppage, Terre Haute, Ind.—The object of my invention is to render more simple and effective the machinery for operating and adjusting the cutter bar and the reel of harvesters.

From Scientific American, Volume 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. by Various

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.