edger

[ ej-er ]

noun

1. a person who puts an edge, especially a finishing edge, on a garment, surface, lens, etc.
2. a machine for finishing or making an edge, as for stitching, beveling, or trimming.
3. a gardening tool with a rotary blade for cutting a neat border around a lawn, flower bed, or the like.

Word History and Origins

Origin of edger¹

First recorded in 1585–95; edge + -er ¹

Example Sentences

An edger, Fig. 118, is then run around the outside edges of the block to round them.

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Now the work I am doing here is running a gauge edger in a saw mill.

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As this became a tiresome task, I constructed an edger, as shown in the sketch.

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By stripping the concrete while it is still pliable the edges can be worked down by the ordinary cement sidewalk edger.

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A gang edger consists of an arbor driving two or more circular saws, through which the boards to be edged are fed.

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