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shaving horse
noun
Carpentry.
a trestle for supporting and steadying a piece of work being shaved.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shaving horse1
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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