capstan lathe

noun

1. a lathe for repetitive work, having a rotatable turret resembling a capstan to hold tools for successive operations Also calledturret lathe

Example Sentences

Daily she works off her hatred on a capstan lathe, hoping, as she tells the visitors, some day to get equal with the unspeakable Huns.

From Project Gutenberg

Reaching land, she got a job at a capstan lathe.

From Project Gutenberg