spokeshave

American  

[spohk-sheyv] / 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

Example Sentences

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 is practicable to make an efficient spokeshave, by tying a large clasp-knife on a common stick which has been cut into a proper shape to receive it.

From The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries by Galton, Francis, Sir

Do not be afraid, but boldly pare this down level with the surrounding horn, for which purpose nothing is so good as a spokeshave.

From Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. by Browne, Montagu

Cut away the sides of the hull, testing with your patterns at the respective subdivisions, and finish with a spokeshave.

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

Then, with the spokeshave, remove the corners of the chamfers, and proceed with the paring down until the required symmetrical elliptical shape is arrived at, as shown by Figs.

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