thicknessern.
/ˈθɪknɪsə/ A thicknessing machine.
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planer1596
planing machine1805
surface planer1806
surface planing1806
planing mill1844
surface plane1846
surfacer1866
thicknesser1920
1920 F. T. Hill Pract. Aeroplane Constr. 103 Another machine is the surfacer and thicknesser, in which one set of cutters is used for both operations, the top table for the truing-up process..and the bottom table for thicknessing.
1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 20 Sept. 400/1 Panel planer and thicknesser.
1959 Times 29 Oct. 13/4 A planing machine, which reduces sawn timber to specified dimensions, or sometimes merely smoothes the surface, is frequently referred to as a thicknesser.
1977 West Briton 25 Aug. 8/6 (advt.) Carpenter's universal planer, thicknesser.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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