slotting machine

English

Noun

slotting machine (plural slotting machines)

1. A reciprocating machine tool used to cut mortises and to shape openings.
   • 1944 September and October, A Former Student, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 285:

     One old chap on a huge slotting machine was intensely religious and made great efforts to convert every young man who came his way.

Translations

reciprocating machine tool used to cut mortises and to shape openings

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 插床 (zh) (chāchuáng)

• Finnish: talttauskone, pistokone
• Irish: meaisín gearrtha sliotán m
• Italian: stozzatrice (it) f
• Polish: dłutownica (pl) f