coulter
pronunciation
How to pronounce coulter in British English:
UK ['kəʊltə]
How to pronounce coulter in American English:
US ['koʊltə]
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- Noun:
- a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil
Word Origin
- coulter
- coulter: see cutlass
- coulter (n.)
- Old English culter, from Latin culter "a knife, iron blade in a plowshare," from PIE root *(s)kel- "to cut" (see scale (n.1)). As a surname (13c.), probably from Coulter in Lancashire.
Example
- 1. Sack ann coulter is a crazy evil demagogue .
- 2. That must be what coulter was hooked up to .
- 3. Coulter described her time at the school as a " life-changing experience . "
- 4. Mr. coulter described the private-equity industry as ' underrepresented ' in china 's economy but predicted it would expand substantially .
- 5. " I am personally opposed to shooting abortionists , but I don 't want to impose my moral values on others , " coulter insisted .