Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A coopers' tool for dressing the inner sides of barrel-staves.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mech.) A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
plane forshaving ordressing theconcave or insidefaces ofbarrel staves .
Etymologies
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in + shave?
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Examples
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Among other things was a cooper's inshave, which belonged to his father, who was a cooper by trade.
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