throatless shear

English

Throatless shears

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)

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

Translations

Translations

Dutch: hefboomschaar f, hefboomplaatschaar f
French: cisaille à levier f
German: Handhebelschere f, Hebelschere f
Italian: cesoia a leva f
Polish: gilotyna ręczna f, gilotyna ręczna do blachy f, ręczna gilotyna do cięcia blachy f
Portuguese: cisalha de alavanca f, cisalha f
Spanish: cizalla de palanca f, cizalla (es) f

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