LATHE


Meaning of LATHE in English

/ leɪð; NAmE / noun

a machine that shapes pieces of wood or metal by holding and turning them against a fixed cutting tool

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WORD ORIGIN

Middle English : probably from Old Danish lad structure, frame, perhaps from Old Norse hlath pile, heap, related to hlatha .

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