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Definition of Long plane

1. Noun. A long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit together.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Long Plane

Literary usage of Long plane

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mechanic's Companion, Or, The Elements and Practice of Carpentry by Peter Nicholson (1842)
"The long plane Is used when a piece of stuff is required to be tried up very straight; for this purpose it is both longer and broader than the trying plane, ..."

2. The Rudiments of Architecture and Building for the Use of Architects by John Bullock (1865)
"Planes are also of many kinds; those called bench planes—as the jack plane, the trying plane, the long plane, the jointer, and the smoothing plane, ..."

3. Rudiments of the Art of Building: In Five Sections by Edward Dobson (1854)
"Planes are also of many kinds; those called bench planes—as the jack plane, the trying plane, the long plane, the jointer, and the smoothing plane, ..."

4. Manual Training for Common Schools: An Organized Course in Wood-working by Eldreth Gordon Allen, Fassett Allen Cotton (1910)
"If we use a long plane, as in Fig. 13, it will reach over the low places, ... 13—Irregular Surface Cut with long plane previously been made straight by the ..."

5. The Rudiments of Architecture and Building: For the Use of Architects edited by John Bullock (1855)
"The long plane is 2 ft. 3 in. long, and is used when a piece of stuff is to be tried up very straight. ..."

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