Definitions for Latheleɪð

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

latheleɪð(n.; v.)lathed, lath•ing.

(n.)a machine for use in working a piece of wood, metal, etc., by holding and rotating it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
Category: Building Trades, Machinery
(v.t.)to cut, shape, or treat on a lathe.
Category: Building Trades, Machinery

Origin of lathe:

1300–50; ME: frame, stand, lathe; cf. ON hlath stack (see lade )

Princeton's WordNet

lathe(noun)
machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool

Webster Dictionary

Lathe(noun)
formerly, a part or division of a county among the Anglo-Saxons. At present it consists of four or five hundreds, and is confined to the county of Kent
Lathe(noun)
a granary; a barn
Lathe(noun)
a machine for turning, that is, for shaping articles of wood, metal, or other material, by causing them to revolve while acted upon by a cutting tool
Lathe(noun)
the movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called also lay and batten

Translations for Lathe

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

lathe(noun)

a machine for shaping wood, metal etc, which turns the piece of wood etc which is to be shaped round and round against a tool held steady by the operator.