Colter

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Colter \Col"ter\, n. [AS. culter, fr. L. culter plowshare,
     knife. Cf. {Cutlass}.]
     A knife or cutter, attached to the beam of a plow to cut the
     sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard. [Written
     also {coulter}.]
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  colter
       n : a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts
           vertically through the soil [syn: {coulter}]