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Definition of moulding plane in US English:

moulding plane

(US molding plane)

noun

Woodworking

  • A plane with blade and face shaped so as to produce a moulding of a particular cross-section.

Origin

Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Walter Blith (bap. 1605, d. 1654), writer on husbandry.