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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

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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

Hanwha is also exploring arrangements where the company’s excess orders could be built at other shipyards’ docks, Coulter added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 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

There lay Lyra, stretched out in the depths of her sleep, right next to Mrs. Coulter.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

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 Bogardus, C. A.

It had no coulter, nor were wheels applied to any Egyptian plow, but it is probable that the point was shod with a metal sock, either of bronze or iron.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

Cast-iron, with the exception of the coulter, for an easy soil would be equally good; and from eighteen to twenty-four inches is sufficiently deep to run the plow.

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

There he shod a mule, mended a cart or put a new coulter to a plow, with equal facility.

From Their Son; The Necklace by Zamacois, Eduardo

Steel share, moldboard, and coulter, with wooden beam, frame, and handles.

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.