Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In saddlery, a hand-tool combining a gage and a cutting edge, for cutting leather into strips suitable for harness-straps, reins, etc.
  • noun A form of marking-gage.

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Examples

  • The _slitting-gage_ is used in a similar way, but is larger and has a handle.

    Handwork in Wood William Noyes

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