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gibbed lathe

gibbed lathe noun: an engine lathe in which the tool carriage is held down to the bed by a gib instead of by a weight.

Noun

gibbed lathe (plural gibbed lathes)

  1. (archaic) An engine lathe in which the tool carriage is held down to the bed by a gib instead of by a weight.

Forms of gibbed lathe

pluralgibbed lathes

Questions about gibbed lathe

What does gibbed lathe mean?
Gibbed lathe means an engine lathe in which the tool carriage is held down to the bed by a gib instead of by a weight.
What part of speech is gibbed lathe?
Gibbed lathe is a noun.
What is the plural of gibbed lathe?
The plural of gibbed lathe is gibbed lathes.

Words near gibbed lathe in the dictionary

  1. Gibb
  2. gibbable
  3. Gibbard's theorem
  4. Gibbard-Satterthwaite theorem
  5. gibbed
  6. gibbed lathe
  7. gibbed lathes
  8. Gibbens
  9. gibber
  10. gibber plain
  11. gibber plains

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