capstan lathe

British

noun

Also called: turret lathe. a lathe for repetitive work, having a rotatable turret resembling a capstan to hold tools for successive operations

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Daily she works off her hatred on a capstan lathe, hoping, as she tells the visitors, some day to get equal with the unspeakable Huns.

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Reaching land, she got a job at a capstan lathe.

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