travisher
(ˈtrævɪʃə(r))
[Origin uncertain: travish is recorded as a dial. form of traverse (Eng. Dial. Dict.).]
A carpenter's shave used for the final smoothing of chair seats.
| 1929 Architects' Jrnl. LXIX. 138/1 The travisher was invented—a spokeshave with a curved cutting iron, to be used, after the adze, in making the seat more comfortable. 1953 A. Jobson Household & Country Crafts xx. 182 Of the four remaining tools, the top two are travishers, for finishing off the elm seats after adzing. 1968 J. Arnold Shell Bk. Country Crafts 133 Smoothing off follows with a succession of shavers:—the travisher, the smoothing-off iron and a devil. |