COULTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coulter mean? 

• COULTER (noun)
  The noun COULTER has 1 sense:

1. a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil

  Familiarity information: COULTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COULTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

colter; coulter

Hypernyms ("coulter" is a kind of...):

wedge (something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them)

Holonyms ("coulter" is a part of...):

moldboard plow; mouldboard plough (plow that has a moldboard)

 Context examples 

And he was worth seeing, too, especially on a winter’s night when the red glare of the forge would beat upon his great muscles and upon the proud, hawk-face of Boy Jim as they heaved and swayed over some glowing plough coulter, framing themselves in sparks with every blow.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)