forecutter
nounEtymology Perhaps from Middle English *forecuttere, forekitter (found only in the sense of "incisor"), equivalent to fore- + cutter.
1
One who, or that which prepares by cutting
- In front of each of these is a forecutter to prepare the ground.1895, Commercial Relations of the United States with Foreign Countries, page 165:
- After their meal, farm hands and maidens go out and dance around the last sheaf, the forecutter then cuts it off and the sheaf is brought home under cheering.2011, Michelle Lina Marie Hitchcock, Goddess Holle: