coul·ter (k l t r)n. A blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow that makes vertical cuts in the soil in advance of the plowshare. [Middle English culter, from Old English culter and Old French coltre, both from Latin culter, knife, plowshare; see skel-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
coulter [ˈkəʊltə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a blade or sharp-edged disc attached to a plough so that it cuts through the soil vertically in advance of the ploughshare Also (esp US) colter
[Old English culter, from Latin: ploughshare, knife]
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| Noun | 1. |  coulter - a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soilmoldboard plow, mouldboard plough - plow that has a moldboard wedge - something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them |
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