Coulter,

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

  Coulter \Coul"ter\ (k[=o]l"t[~e]r), n.
     Same as {Colter}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Coulter
     (1 Sam. 13:20, 21), an agricultural instrument, elsewhere called
     "ploughshare" (Isa. 2:4; Micah 4:3; Joel 3:10). It was the
     facing-piece of a plough, analogous to the modern coulter.
     

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Coulter, IA (city, FIPS 16815)
    Location: 42.73331 N, 93.37031 W
    Population (1990): 252 (121 housing units)
    Area: 6.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Coulter, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
     Population (2000):    262
     Housing Units (2000): 118
     Land area (2000):     2.453894 sq. miles (6.355556 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    2.453894 sq. miles (6.355556 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            16815
     Located within:       Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
     Location:             42.734311 N, 93.369173 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Coulter, IA
      Coulter