throatless shear

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Throatless shears

Etymology[edit]

From the absence of a throat down which the metal being cut must be fed, a feature that allows metal to be freely moved around the cutting blade.

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Noun[edit]

throatless shear (plural throatless shears)

  1. A cutting tool used to make complex straight and curved cuts in sheet metal.
    Synonyms: lever shears, bench shears

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