spokeshave

English edit

The back of a spokeshave while in mid-stroke

Etymology edit

spoke +‎ shave

Noun edit

spokeshave (plural spokeshaves)

A hand tool, mainly for woodworking, used to shape and smooth rods and shafts; often used in carving wheel spokes, chair legs, or arrows.

Coordinate terms edit

drawshave (“drawknife”), plane

Translations edit

woodworking tool

Bulgarian: обирачка f (obiračka)
Dutch: spaakschaaf m
Estonian: pääsuhöövel
Finnish: kavahöylä
French: herminette (fr) f, wastringue (fr) f
German: Schweifhobel m, Schabhobel m, Schinder (de) m
Hungarian: hántológyalu (hu)
Norman: couté à main m
Polish: ośnik (pl) m
Spanish: doladera (es) f
Swedish: skavhyvel (sv) c, spockskiva c
Tagalog: katam na halang
Turkish:
Ottoman Turkish: سستره (sıstra)

Verb edit

spokeshave (third-person singular simple present spokeshaves, present participle spokeshaving, simple past and past participle spokeshaved)

(transitive) To shape or smooth with a spokeshave.