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

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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

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

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.

The sickle or cutter bar was made of a series of triangular knives riveted to a flat bar that oscillated back and forth between guard teeth.

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 knives are set at an angle to the axis of the cutter bar or cutter head.

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