ˈjack-ˌplane
[f. Jack n.1 + plane.]
A long heavy plane used by joiners for coarse work.
| 1812–16 J. Smith Panorama Sc. & Art I. 109 The Jack-plane used by joiners, is generally about 17 inches in length. 1825 J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 582 The jack-plane is used for taking away the rough occasioned by the saw, and removing all superfluous and other uneven parts. 1876 T. Hardy Ethelberta (1890) 380 That comes from the jack-plane, and my pushing against it day after day and year after year. |
Hence jack-plane v. trans., to smooth with a jack-plane.
| 1872 ‘Mark Twain’ Innoc. Abr. xii. 76 Surely the..smooth..turnpikes are jack-planed and sand-papered every day. |