Definition of Punch pliers

1. Noun. Punch consisting of pliers for perforating paper or leather.

Generic synonyms: Punch, Puncher
Language type: Plural, Plural Form

Lexicographical Neighbors of Punch Pliers

punch cards
punch clock
punch clocks
punch drunk
punch fisted
punch fisting
punch fists
punch in
punch line
punch lines
punch list
punch lists
punch out
punch outs
punch pliers (current term)
punch press
punch up
punchable
punchayet
punchbag
punchbags
punchball
punchboard
punchboards
punchbowl
punchbowls
punchcard
punchcards

Literary usage of Punch pliers

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

1. The Young Folks' Cyclopædia of Common Things by John Denison Champlin (1884)
"5, called punch-pliers, has a hollow sharp- edged steel punch on one of the jaws, ... Punch- pliers are used by shoemakers to make holes in shoes for the ..."

2. A Catalogue of Artificial Teeth, Dental Materials, Instruments, Tools by Claudius Ash & Sons, Claudius Ash, Sons and Company (1880)
"COFFEE-DAM punch pliers, made with large, medium, or small sd punch (Fig. 36) each 4 9 Ditto ditto Nickel-plated (Fig. 36) „60 Ditto Punches, Triplex, ..."

3. The Practical Metal-worker's Assistant ...: With the Application of the Art by Oliver Byrne, John Scoffern, William Clay, William Fairbairn, James Napier (1864)
"Beginning this part of the subject with the tools having the most acute edges, we have to refer to the punch pliers, Fig. 346, fitted with round hollow ..."

4. Lockwood's Dictionary of Terms Used in the Practice of Mechanical by Joseph Gregory Horner (1892)
"punch pliers.—Pliers in which the cutting edge takes the form of an annular ring. They are used for punching the holes in leather belting. Pupil. ..."

5. The Practical Metal-worker's Assistant: Comprising Metallurgic Chemistry by Oliver Byrne, John Percy, Adolph A. Fesquet (1878)
"Beginning this part of the subject with the tools having the most acute edges, we ha refer to the punch pliers, Fig. 846, fitted with round hollow punches ..."

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