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tonguing-and-grooving plane

American

[tuhng-ing-uhn-groo-ving] / ˈtʌŋ ɪŋ ənˈgru vɪŋ /

noun

Carpentry.

a plane for cutting the edges of boards into tongues and grooves.

Etymology

Origin of tonguing-and-grooving plane

First recorded in 1890–95

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