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)

1. 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