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
The hands, girdle, most of her dress, and her black carpenter's square are original.
From Mornings in Florence by Ruskin, John
This may be done by sighting with an ordinary carpenter's square set upon three posts.
From The Pecan and its Culture by Hume, H. Harold (Hardrada Harold)
