carpenter's square
Example Sentences
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In rough order, I spent a week staining and lacquering the cabinet, learning how to solder, measuring off angles with a carpenter’s square and redoing a few steps I got wrong the first time around.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2013
Something that looks just like a carpenter’s square.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
She’s wrapped tightly in a white bed-sheet and has a carpenter’s square on her head.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
In ecclesiastical art, St. Thomas is represented as handling our Lord's wounds; or in reference to his martyrdom, with a lance or spear; also, holding a carpenter's square.
From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by William James Miller
This may be done by sighting with an ordinary carpenter's square set upon three posts.
From The Pecan and its Culture by H. Harold (Hardrada Harold) Hume
