colter

or coul·ter

[ kohl-ter ]
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noun
  1. a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.

Origin of colter

1
1300–50; Middle English, Old English culter<Latin: knife, plowshare

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How to use colter in a sentence

  • colter had trapped him into a half admission, but he did not intend to say any more.

    The Highgrader | William MacLeod Raine
  • Kilmeny swung from the saddle, and at the same time colter stepped into the arena.

    The Highgrader | William MacLeod Raine
  • "We'll know after you've told us what it is," colter suggested.

    The Highgrader | William MacLeod Raine
  • He also got colter's story from colter himself, and gives a careful account of the race for life with the Blackfeet.

    Your National Parks | Enos A. Mills

British Dictionary definitions for colter

colter

/ (ˈkəʊltə) /


noun
  1. a variant spelling (esp US) of coulter

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