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shaving horses

shaving horses is the plural of shaving horse.

Meaning of shaving horse

Noun

shaving horse (plural shaving horses)

  1. A device that allows a woodworker to sit astride it while it clamps onto a piece of wood which is being worked.
    • It took about three long-pull shaves (right, left and middle) of the draw knife, upon the shingle, clamped in the shaving horse, to thin its top surface and straighten its long sides. Numerous missplits were thrown away.1929, Henry C. Mercer, Ancient Carpenters' Tools, page 13

Questions about shaving horses

What is shaving horses the plural of?
Shaving horses is the plural of shaving horse.

Words near shaving horses in the dictionary

  1. shaving gel
  2. shaving gels
  3. shaving hat
  4. shaving hats
  5. shaving horse
  6. shaving horses
  7. shaving house
  8. shaving houses
  9. shaving iron
  10. shaving irons
  11. shaving kit

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