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Webster 1913 Edition


Spokeshave

Spoke′shaveˊ

(spōk′shāvˊ)
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Noun.
A kind of drawing knife or planing tool for dressing the spokes of wheels, the shells of blocks, and other curved work.

Definition 2024


spokeshave

spokeshave

English

Noun

spokeshave (plural spokeshaves)

  1. A woodworking tool used to shape and smooth rods and shafts - often for use as wheel spokes, chair legs or arrows.

Translations

Verb

spokeshave (third-person singular simple present spokeshaves, present participle spokeshaving, simple past and past participle spokeshaved)

  1. (transitive) To shape or smooth with a spokeshave.