Hypertext Webster Gateway: "colter"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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}.]

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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


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