bench stop

noun

, Carpentry.

1. a metal device set flush with the top of a workbench and having a portion able to be raised to stop longitudinal movement of an object placed against it.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bench stop¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

It is thus held in a fixed position, ready to have its edges e planed, the whole being laid upon the bench against the bench stop g.

From Project Gutenberg

Fix the wood firmly in your vice, or against your cutting board or bench stop, as may be more convenient to you, and with a sharp chisel cut away the wood up to the marked line, as at Fig.

From Project Gutenberg

Place the rail against the bench stop, or in the vice, and cut a small channel in which to run your tenon saw as shown at Fig.

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