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Definition of Compass plane
1. Noun. A plane with a flexible face that can plane concave or convex surfaces.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Compass Plane
| compartmentlike compartments compartner compartners comparts compas |
Literary usage of Compass plane
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mechanic's Companion, Or, The Elements and Practice of Carpentry by Peter Nicholson (1831)
"Bench Planet. The jack plane, the trying plane, the long plane, the jointer ana
the smoothing plane, are denominated bench planes. § 15. The compass plane ..."
2. Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms Used in Architecture, Civil, Architecture by John Weale (1850)
"Compass-headed, in ancient architec- tecture, circular Compass-plane, ... The use
of the compass- plane is to form a concave cylindrical surface, ..."
3. The Teacher's Hand-book of Slöjd: As Practised and Taught at Nääs by Otto Aron Salomon, Carl Nordendahl, Alfred Johansson (1904)
"The compass plane.—In this plane the sole is curved lengthwise, ... One compass-plane,
therefore, will not suffice for surfaces of greatly varying curvature ..."
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