The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Smoothing \Smooth"ing\, a. & n. fr. Smooth, v. [1913 Webster] Smoothing iron, an iron instrument with a polished face, for smoothing clothes; a sadiron; a flatiron. Smoothing plane, a short, finely set plane, for smoothing and finishing work. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
smoothing plane n 1: a small plane for finish work [syn: smooth plane, smoothing plane]