planer
[
pley
-ner]
/ˈpleɪ nər/
noun
1.
Carpentry.
a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
2.
Metalworking.
a machine for cutting flat surfaces, having a cutting tool supported by an overhead frame beneath which the work slides back and forth.
Compare
shaper
(def 2).
3.
Typesetting.
a block of smooth, hard wood for leveling the type in a chase by tapping with a mallet.
Origin
1375-1425;
late Middle English;
see
plane
2
,
-er
1
Examples from the web for
planer
We did the same with a metal
planer
, shaving curls of metal from the metal blank.
The weather may hold some of the crowds back and fishermen may have a little more room to maneuver with those
planer
boards.
Wood residues from the sawmill and
planer
mill areas are both used onsite as fuel, as well as sold to outside parties.
The
planer
shavings and trimmer sawdust is pneumatically conveyed to the planner mill shavings cyclone.
Using
planer
boards in areas of high boat traffic or tight quarters is not recommended.
Other museum highlights are its steam-powered sawmill and
planer
mill, the roundhouse, and a belt-and-shaft driven machine shop.
Finally, the rough-sawn pieces are run through a
planer
.
The first production machine for this manufacturer will likely be a
planer
.
planer
shavings are transferred to either a truck bin or a fuel silo.
British Dictionary definitions for
planer
planer
/
ˈpleɪnə
/
noun
1.
a machine with a cutting tool that makes repeated horizontal strokes across the surface of a workpiece: used to cut flat surfaces into metal
2.
a machine for planing wood, esp one in which the cutting blades are mounted on a rotating drum
3.
(
printing
) a flat piece of wood used to level type in a chase
4.
any person or thing that planes