English Explanatory Dictionary

spokeshave

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hand tool, mainly for woodworking, used to shape and smooth rods and shafts; often used in carving wheel spokes, chair legs, or arrows.
verb
  1. To shape or smooth with a spokeshave.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-spokeshave.wav

Word forms

spokeshave spokeshaves spokeshaving spokeshaved

Etymology

From spoke + shave.

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