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shaving horse

American  

noun

Carpentry.

  1. a trestle for supporting and steadying a piece of work being shaved.

Etymology

Origin of shaving horse

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800

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It looks like they had everything a working here but my old shaving horse.

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