[ noun ] a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil <noun.artifact>
Colter \Col"ter\, n. [AS. culter, fr. L. culter plowshare, knife. Cf. {Cutlass}.] A knife or cutter, attached to the beam of a plow to cut the sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard. [Written also {coulter}.]