单词 | shaving horse |
释义 | > as lemmasshaving horse shaving horse n. (see quot. 1875). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > work-benches, seats, etc. > [noun] > seat > for use while shaving wood shaving horse1841 draw horse1845 1841 Southern Literary Messenger 7 527/2 A receptacle for spinning-wheels, wash-tubs, pitchforks, shaving horses, and sundry other implements of domestic industry. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Shaving-horse, a narrow bench or trestle on which the workman sits astride while shaving down work with the drawing-knife or spokeshave. 1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 18 Oct. p. iv/1 A few tools for the lathe..a saw, a shaving-horse. 1974 P. W. Blandford Country Craft Tools ix. 128 Most shaving horses still in existence show that all sizes were made. < as lemmas |
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