Coulter (agriculture)

Coulter (agriculture)
A simple drawn plow: 4) marks the coulter

A coulter is a component of many plows which consists of a vertically mounted knife-like blade. It cuts down into the soil ahead of the plowshare, softening the dirt and allowing the plow to undercut the furrow made by the coulter.


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