lathe
A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the…A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.
» I've never used a lathe before.
Meaning
4 sensesA machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.
He shaped the bedpost by turning it on a lathe.
The accidental amputation was due to the guard not being on the lathe.
Drechselbank, Drehbank, Drehmaschine
тока́рный стано́кtokárnyj stanók, стано́кstanók
тока́рний стано́кtokárnyj stanók, тока́рний верста́тtokárnyj verstát, тока́рняtokárnja
machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool
The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft.
(obsolete)An administrative division of the county of Kent, in England, from the Anglo-Saxon period until it fell entirely out of use in the early twentieth century.
(obsolete)A granary; a barn.
Examples
4 sentencesI've never used a lathe before.
I've never used a lathe before. Could you show me how?
Ali's grandpa was a lathe operator.
A product that once took 15 minutes to turn by hand now pops out of a computer controlled lathe every few seconds.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English *lath, leth, from Old English lǣþ (“a division of a county containingFrom Middle English *lath, leth, from Old English lǣþ (“a division of a county containing several hundreds, a district, lathe”), from Proto-West Germanic *lāþ.
From Middle English lathe (“turning-lathe; stand”), from Old Norse hlað (“pile, heap”)—compare dialectal Danish lad (“stand, support frame”) (as in drejelad (“turning-lathe”), savelad (“saw bench”)), dialectal Norwegian la, lad (“pile, small wall”), dialectal Swedish lad (“folding table, lay of a loom”)—from hlaða (“to load”). More at lade.
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