Form of two-legged lifting device.
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Examples for "shears"
Examples for "shears"
1If the shears are open, enter; if closed, do not risk it.
2He wore a short canvas apron and carried pruning-shears in one hand.
3They had no idea where Ture had disappeared to, with his shears.
4There was no answer but the crisp snip, snip of the shears.
5Father followed behind with the shears, cutting and cracking the metal away.
1I was troubled for my boats and sheers before the flood came.
2Although when it comes to shutters and sheers, you can't have both.
3Nico ran back to the window and edged away the sheers.
4Them sheers is sellin' fer clost onto a hundred and sixty.
5A living room window, open, its white sheers billowing lazily in the draft.
1First a pair of ' shear legs' was erected on the southern side opposite the place where the railway from Buluwayo ended.
2It had a friction crab hoist driven by an electric motor, both of which were fastened to the derrick frame between the shear legs.
1These boats carry a huge square sail set vertically from sheer legs, and are very fast.