shears
/ʃɪɹz/ nom C2En français : cisailles
- A tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, used for cutting cloth, or for removing the fleece from sheep etc. · Near-synonym: scissors
- The bedpiece of a machine tool, upon which a table or slide rest is secured. · the shears of a lathe or planer
- An apparatus for raising heavy weights, and especially for stepping and unstepping the lower masts of ships. It consists of two or more spars or pieces of timber, fastened together near the top, steadied by a guy or guys, and furnished with the necessary tackle. Also sheers.
- Anything resembling a pair of shears in shape or motion, such as a pair of wings.
Dans la bibliothèque
At shearing time, wishing to take his fleece and to avoid expense, she sheared him herself, but used the shears so unskillfully that with the fleece she sheared the flesh.
So Oz brought a pair of tinsmith’s shears and cut a small, square hole in the left side of the Tin Woodman’s breast.
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