Noun: colter kówl-tur
Usage: US (elsewhere: coulter)
Usage: US (elsewhere: coulter)
- A sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil
"The colter sliced through the earth, preparing it for plowing";
- coulter
Derived forms: colters
Type of: wedge
Part of: moldboard plow [N. Amer], mouldboard plough [Brit, Cdn]
Encyclopedia: Colter, Richard