planing machine

2 definitions found

planing machine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Planing \Plan"ing\,
     a. & vb. n. fr. Plane, v. t.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Planing machine.
     (a) See Planer.
     (b) A complex machine for planing wood, especially boards,
         containing usually a rapidly revolving cutter, which
         chips off the surface in small shavings as the piece to
         be planed is passed under it by feeding apparatus.
         [1913 Webster]

planing machine - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  planing machine
      n 1: a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood [syn: plane,
           planer, planing machine]