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

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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

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 Noyes, William

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

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 Sutcliffe, John D.

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