coul·ter or
col·ter 
(k
ōl
t
ər)
n. A blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow that makes vertical cuts in the soil in advance of the plowshare.
[Middle English culter, from Old English culter and Old French coltre, both from Latin culter, knife, plowshare; see skel-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

coulterround coulter blade (left) in front of a moldboard