Her. [? For *lever-cutter (alluding to the name Leversedge): see LEVER, iris-plant.] A coulter or ploughshare when used as a bearing. Also laver cutter.
1828–40. in Berry Encycl. Herald., I, (whence in recent Dicts.)
1894. Parker’s Gloss. Her., s.v. Plough, Argent, a chevron between three laver cutters (or ploughshares, also called scythe blades) sable—Leversedge, co. Chester.
