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.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noungibbed lathe (plural gibbed lathes)

plural gibbed lathes

  1. archaicAn engine lathe in which the tool carriage is held down to the bed by a gib instead of by a weight.
Cite this entry
APA

gibbed lathe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gibbed%20lathe

MLA

“gibbed lathe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gibbed%20lathe. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gibbed lathe,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gibbed%20lathe.

Source: gibbed lathe on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.