spokeshave

American  

[spohk-shayv] / ˈspoʊkˌʃeɪv /

noun

1. a cutting tool having a blade set between two handles, originally for shaping spokes, but now in general use for dressing curved edges of wood and forming round bars and shapes.

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spokeshave British  

/ ˈspəʊkˌʃeɪv /

noun

1. a small plane with two handles, one on each side of its blade, used for shaping or smoothing cylindrical wooden surfaces, such as spokes

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Etymology

Origin of spokeshave

First recorded in 1500–10; spoke ² + shave

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Example Sentences

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spokeshave

Then there are the tools: nippers, a steam box, the spokeshave, and all manner of planes, punches and rivets.

From New York Times ● May 31, 2019

It would have done the heart of any one, save a churl, good to have seen how willingly those boys worked; axe, or saw, or hammer, plane or spokeshave, nothing came amiss to them.

From The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure by Gordon Stables

Saw to that line without obliterating it, finishing with spokeshave, plane, chisel, and file.

From Hand-Craft The Most Reliable Basis of Technical Education in Schools and Classes by John D. Sutcliffe

Then, after the outline is drawn, the trough may be gouged, the outline cut with turning-saw, chisel, and spokeshave, and the edges molded with the gouge or chisel.

From Handwork in Wood by William Noyes

Now take a file or a spokeshave, and round off the 'sides' and 'belly' carefully, taking care not to touch the 'back' of the bow.

From Harper's Young People, July 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

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