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cutter bar
[ kuht-er bahr ]
noun
- Also called sick·le bar [sik, -, uh, l bahr]. (in a mower, binder, or combine) a bar with triangular guards along which a knife or blade runs.
- a bar holding the cutting tool in a boring machine or lathe.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cutter bar1
First recorded in 1865–70
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Example Sentences
It had open guard fingers, a knife made of triangular sections, reciprocating in the guard, and a cutter-bar on a hinged frame.
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When the cutter-bar of the mower is tilted upward, the danger of smothering is reduced.
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The knives are set at an angle to the axis of the cutter bar or cutter head.
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The cutter bar, suggestive of Hussey's, has triangular knives which vibrate over long fingers.
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A second clipping will be required later, with cutter-bar tilted well upward.
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