jack plane

American  

noun

Carpentry.

1. a plane for rough surfacing.

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jack plane British  

noun

1. a carpenter's plane, usually with a wooden body, used for rough planing of timber

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Etymology

Origin of jack plane

First recorded in 1805–15

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Example Sentences

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jack plane

Then the surface was planed smooth with a little jack plane carried for the purpose.

From The Long Labrador Trail by Dillon Wallace

Each complete kit must have three distinct planes, namely, the jack plane, which is for taking off the rough saw print surface of the board.

From Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations by James Slough Zerbe

The jack plane, used first by the carpenter for rapid surfacing, is distinguished primarily by the bezeled and slightly convex edge of its cutting iron.

From Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 by Peter C. Welsh

This applies particularly to the jack plane, but is bad practice with the others as well.

From Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations by James Slough Zerbe

With the draw knife, and later a jack plane, cut the lateral surfaces down to this outline.

From Hunting with the Bow and Arrow by Saxton Pope

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