lathe
IPA: ɫˈeɪð
noun
- (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.
- (tools, metalworking, woodworking) A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.
- (weaving) The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; a lay, or batten.
- (obsolete) A granary; a barn.
verb
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To invite; bid; ask.
- To shape with a lathe.
- (computer graphics) To produce a three-dimensional model by rotating a set of points around a fixed axis.
Advertisement
Examples of "lathe" in Sentences
- The man is working on a lathe.
- It is thought they lived in the lathe and plaster walls.
- He apprenticed as a toolmaker, but lost a finger in a lathe.
- The ceiling of the hall is supported by lathe turned pillars.
- The preferred embodiment of the invention is a veneer lathe charger.
- He was the inventor of the rotary lathe used in plywood manufacturing.
- The total cost to run a lathe depends on the setup of the lathe itself.
- The lathe is equipped with an industrial grade diamond as the cutting tool.
- Along with the press, came the mechanical lathe and an iron cutting machine.
Advertisement
Advertisement