carpenter's pencil

English

Carpenter's pencil on the job

Alternative forms

• carpenter pencil

Noun

carpenter's pencil (plural carpenters' pencils)

1. (woodworking, carpentry) A pencil specifically designed for the requirements of a carpenter: oval shape makes it less likely to roll away, thick graphite facilitates drawing on rough surfaces and the red colour makes it easy to find when dropped among construction debris.

Translations

pencil specifically designed for the requirements of a carpenter

• Dutch: timmermanspotlood (nl) n
• Finnish: timpurinkynä (fi)
• Hungarian: ácsceruza (hu)
• Norwegian: tømmermannsblyant m