(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:36:06

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.]

 

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