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noun
A hand tool, mainly for woodworking, used to shape and smooth rods and shafts; often used in carving wheel spokes, chair legs, or arrows.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To shape or smooth with a spokeshave.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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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 source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: plane, carpenter's plane, woodworking plane
History
From spoke + shave.
Across languages
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
