bench stop

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noun Carpentry.

a metal device set flush with the top of a workbench and having a portion able to be raised to stop longitudinal movement of an object placed against it.

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Origin of bench stop

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby bench stop

benchmark position, bench press, benchrest, bench screw, bench show, bench stop, bench strength, bench table, bench test, benchwarmer, bench warrant

How to use bench stop in a sentence

But I think Steve Austin has to team up with a Japanese holdout to stop a nuclear bomb from going off or something.
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That ground hold was to stop you flying through weather that could kill you and everyone else aboard.
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Thankfully there were no casualties—the driver managed to stop the train immediately.
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The men were accused of reneging on pledges to stop working for the Iraqi government.
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Has L.A. figured out how to stop the epidemic it set loose on the world?
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Before the spinet a bench was placed about four feet below the keys, and I was put upon the bench.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
"But I can't stop to argue about it now;" and, saying this, he turned into a side path, and disappeared in the wood.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
At twelve, or fifteen, or sixteen, or twenty it was decided that they should stop learning.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The tattered outcast dozes on his bench while the chariot of the wealthy is drawn by.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
He had seen the act committed, he felt sure but had made no effort whatever to stop the thief.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux