Coulter Meaning
/ˈkəʊltə/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA cutter, consisting of a blade in either knife form or disk form, attached to the ploughbeam of a plough to cut the sward, in front of the ploughshare and mouldboard.
nounThe part of a seed drill that makes the furrow for the seed.
Sentence Examples
The coulter blade cut through the soil with ease.
A coulter is a type of blade used in agriculture.
The farmer adjusted the coulter of the plow before working.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The farmer replaced the broken ____ on his plow before the spring planting.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ blade cut through the soil with ease.
Word Origin & History
Inherited from Middle English culter, from Old English culter, from Latin culter (“a knife”). For the phonetic development, see poultry.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"I lately left a furrow, one or twayne, / Unplough'd, the which my coulter hath not cleft […]."
— 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
"What is it but a servitude like that impos'd by the Philistims, not to be allow'd the sharpning of our own axes and coulters, but we must repair from all quarters to twenty licencing forges."
— 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica:
"With colters bright the rushy sward bisect, / And in new veins the gushing rills direct […]."
— 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 150:
"“Trump proposes amnesty. We voted for Trump and got Jeb!” said Ann Coulter on Twitter, referring to former Florida governor and GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush."
— 2019 January 19, Stephen Collinson and Maegan Vazquez, “Trump’s offer of temporary protection for immigrants to end shutdown is a ‘non-starter,’ say Democrats”, in CNN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The farmer replaced the broken ____ on his plow before the spring planting.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ blade cut through the soil with ease.