router plane

noun

: a plane consisting of a horizontal bar with a handle at each end supporting a vertically inserted narrow cutter operated by pulling and pushing and used for cutting recesses and smoothing the bottom of grooves

Word History

Etymology

router entry 1

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined above

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