throatless shear

English

Etymology

From the absence of a throat down which the metal being cut must be fed, a feature that allows metal to be freely moved around the cutting blade.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

throatless shear (plural throatless shears)

  1. A cutting tool used to make complex straight and curved cuts in sheet metal.
    Synonyms: lever shears, bench shears

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