joiner's gauge
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Synonym of marking gauge.
Example Sentences
- "An improved joiner's gauge formed of two sliding longitudinal sections [...] arranged and operating as and for the puriJoses herein described"
- "Next cut away the angle left on the upright to a quarter-round, and leave the remainder of the back face perpendicular to the level of the bench. The upright thus shaped and prepared, hollow out, by means of a small joiner's gauge, two perpendicular grooves 1 1/2 in. deep and 1/6 in. wide [...]"
- "It had to be taken upon a bench, dressed straight and true, then gauged with a joiner's gauge and dressed to an even thickness before it could be made into doors, sash or used for any other purpose on the job."
Inflected Forms
joiner's gauges (plural)