lathe
noun/leɪð/
/leɪð/
- a machine that shapes pieces of wood or metal by holding and turning them against a fixed cutting tool
Topics Engineeringc2车床 Oxford Collocations DictionaryLathe is used before these nouns:- operator
Word OriginMiddle English: probably from Old Danish lad ‘structure, frame’, perhaps from Old Norse hlath ‘pile, heap’, related to hlatha.