Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun spokeshave

1 sense of spokeshave

Sense 1
spokeshave -- (a small plane that has a handle on each side of its blade; used for shaping or smoothing cylindrical wooden surfaces (originally wheel spokes))
       => plane, carpenter's plane, woodworking plane -- (a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood; "the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work")