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Definition of Spokeshave
1. Noun. A small plane that has a handle on each side of its blade; used for shaping or smoothing cylindrical wooden surfaces (originally wheel spokes).
Definition of Spokeshave
1. n. A kind of drawing knife or planing tool for dressing the spokes of wheels, the shells of blocks, and other curved work.
Definition of Spokeshave
1. Noun. A woodworking tool used to shape and smooth rods and shafts - often for use as wheel spokes, chair legs or arrows. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spokeshave
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spokeshave
Literary usage of Spokeshave
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hawthorne and His Circle by Julian Hawthorne (1903)
"Plane, spokeshave, gouge, and chisel—"I — passed — the—Lightning!"— Parallel-O-grams—A
graduate of Antioch—"Continual cursing" — A catastrophe—"Troubles are ..."
2. Hawthorne and His Circle by Julian Hawthorne (1903)
"Plane, spokeshave, gouge, and chisel — "I — passed — the—Lightning!''—
Parallel-O-grams—A graduate of Antioch—'' Continual cursing"—A catastrophe ..."
3. Nature's teachings: human invention anticipated by nature by John George Wood (1877)
"THE PLANE AND spokeshave. The Use of Tools a Distinction between Alan and Beast.
... The Plane and spokeshave.—Principle on which they are made. ..."
4. Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear: Medical and Surgical by William Lincoln Ballenger (1914)
"The Removal of Spurs and Ridges with the spokeshave.—The spokeshave may be used
instead of the saw, though it is attended by more risk to the integrity of ..."
5. Workshop Notes & Sketches for Handicraft Classes: Being a First Year's by Thomas A. Clark (1892)
"spokeshave.—For finishing many small curves the planes are quite unsuited, and
have to give place to the spokeshave, which is constructed for the purpose. ..."
6. Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear, Medical and Surgical: Medical and Surgical by William Lincoln Ballenger (1911)
"The Removal of Spurs and Ridges with the spokeshave.—The spokeshave may be used
instead of the saw, though it is attended by ..."
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