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Colter   /kˈoʊltər/   Listen
Colter

noun
(Written also coulter)
1.
A sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil.  Synonym: coulter.






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"Colter" Quotes from Famous Books



... ribbon of turf, each one laid smoothly against the former strand, and under it lay crumpled and crushed the layer of grass and flowers. The plow-point was long and tapering, like the prow of a clipper, and ran far out under the beam, and above it was the rolling colter, a circular blade of steel, which cut the edge of the furrow as cleanly as cheese. The lay of the plow, filed sharp at every round, lay flat, and clove the slice neatly from the bosom of earth where it had lain from the beginning ...
— Vandemark's Folly • Herbert Quick



Words linked to "Colter" :   wedge, coulter, mouldboard plough, moldboard plow



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