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
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
Something that looks just like a carpenter’s square.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
Why not—" Graves began; "no, not that—a square, a carpenter's square.
From The Henchman by Luther, Mark Lee
The instrument looked like a carpenter's square, with a quarter-circle connecting the two arms.
From Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America by Manucy, Albert
