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Definition of Rake handle
1. Noun. The handle of a rake.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rake Handle
Literary usage of Rake handle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scenes in the South: And Other Miscellaneous Pieces by James R. Creecy (1860)
"... THE BEE: OR THE RAKE-HANDLE CONQUEST! Two Dutchmen once were mowing grass
While the last sad war was raging; They both were fond of a cheerful glass, ..."
2. Scenes in the South: And Other Miscellaneous Pieces by James R. Creecy (1860)
"... THE BEE: OR THE RAKE-HANDLE CONQUEST! Two Dutchmen once were mowing grass
While the last sad war was raging; They both were fond of a cheerful glass, ..."
3. House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d by United States Congress. House (1868)
"Filth, the combination, substantially as described, of the inclined rake handle
with the trunnion« or pivot« revolving ou the reel »haft, and arranged ..."
4. Ore Dressing by Robert Hallowell Richards (1903)
"Two rakes e operate, one in the concentrates trough, the other in the tailings
trough. Each rake handle / is attached to a crank- pin g having a radius of 3 ..."
5. Ore Dressing by Robert Hallowell Richards (1906)
"Each rake handle / is attached to a crank- pin g having a radius of 3 feet, and
as the crank-pin is returning on the under part of its path, the rake handle ..."
6. Ore Dressing by Robert Hallowell Richards (1906)
"Each rake handle f is attached to a crank- pin g having a radius of 3 feet, and
as the crank-pin is returning on the under part of its path, the rake handle ..."
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