Meanings
nounspokeshave (plural spokeshaves)
plural spokeshaves
- A hand tool, mainly for woodworking, used to shape and smooth rods and shafts; often used in carving wheel spokes, chair legs, or arrows.
verbspokeshave (third-person singular simple present spokeshaves, present participle spokeshaving, simple past and past participle spokeshaved)
present singular third person spokeshaves · participle present spokeshaving · participle past spokeshaved · past spokeshaved
- transitiveTo shape or smooth with a spokeshave.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian обирачка
- обирачка (obiračka)woodworking tool
Dutch spaakschaaf
- spaakschaafwoodworking tool
Estonian pääsuhöövel
- pääsuhöövelwoodworking tool
Finnish kavahöylä
- kavahöyläwoodworking tool
French herminette, wastringue
- herminettewoodworking tool
- wastringuewoodworking tool
German Schweifhobel, Schabhobel
- Schweifhobelwoodworking tool
- Schabhobelwoodworking tool
- Schinderwoodworking tool
Hungarian hántológyalu
- hántológyaluwoodworking tool
Polish ośnik
- ośnikwoodworking tool
Spanish doladera
- doladerawoodworking tool
Swedish skavhyvel, spockskiva
- skavhyvelwoodworking tool
- spockskivawoodworking tool
Tagalog katam na halang
- katam na halangwoodworking tool
Cite this entry
APA
spokeshave. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spokeshave
MLA
“spokeshave.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spokeshave. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spokeshave,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spokeshave.
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