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

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

With a plane or spokeshave round these up until they taper from 1 in. diameter at bottom to little less than 0.5 in. at top.

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 Montagu Browne

The method of using the spokeshave is shown in Fig.

From Handwork in Wood by William Noyes

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 Montagu Browne

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