Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a small plane that has a handle on each side of its blade;
used for shaping or smoothing cylindrical wooden surfaces (originally wheel spokes);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Spokeshave \Spoke"shave`\ (sp[=o]k"sh[=a]v`), n.
A kind of drawing knife or planing tool for dressing the
spokes of wheels, the shells of blocks, and other curved
work.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
spokeshave
n 1: a small plane that has a handle on each side of its blade;
used for shaping or smoothing cylindrical wooden surfaces
(originally wheel spokes)