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colter (farming) | Wisconsin Historical Society

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colter (farming)

colter (farming) | Wisconsin Historical Society

The fore iron of a plough [plow], with a sharp edge, that cuts the earth or sod.

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[Source: The Western Farmer's New and Universal Hand-Book... (Chicago, 1856)]