spokeshave

[ spohk-sheyv ]

noun

1. a cutting tool having a blade set between two handles, originally for shaping spokes, spoke, but now in general use for dressing curved edges of wood and forming round bars and shapes.

spokeshave

/ ˈspəʊkˌʃeɪv /

noun

1. a small plane with two handles, one on each side of its blade, used for shaping or smoothing cylindrical wooden surfaces, such as spokes

Word History and Origins

Origin of spokeshave¹

First recorded in 1500–10; spoke ² + shave

Example Sentences

Professionals would probably use a drawknife and spokeshave; a YouTube video, “Spindle Repair on a Chair Back” by Fixing Furniture, shows how.

From Washington Post

Then there are the tools: nippers, a steam box, the spokeshave, and all manner of planes, punches and rivets.

From New York Times

Many of the tools Krase uses are carpentry tools - a divider for measuring, a spokeshave for leather.

From Washington Times

It would have done the heart of any one, save a churl, good to have seen how willingly those boys worked; axe, or saw, or hammer, plane or spokeshave, nothing came amiss to them.

From Project Gutenberg

This study exercises ability in the mastery of elliptical lines, and in the use of the spokeshave in Exercises 30 and 31.

From Project Gutenberg