frow
frow — 名詞
1. a traditional hand tool with a short blade set at a right angle to a wooden hand
劈楔刀；劈刀
沿木紋劈開木材的手工具
a traditional hand tool with a short blade set at a right angle to a wooden handle, used for splitting wood along the grain into flat pieces such as barrel staves or roof shingles
William split the oak log into fence posts using a frow and mallet.
William 用劈楔刀和木槌把橡木圓木劈成圍籬樁。
frow + mallet — tool pair for splitting
The carpenter taught Yael to angle the frow against the grain for a clean split.
木匠教 Yael 順著木紋調整劈楔刀的角度，劈出平整的裂口。
hold / angle a frow against the grain
At the antique market, Daichi found a nineteenth-century frow with a worn ash handle.
Daichi 在古董市場找到一把十九世紀的劈楔刀，白蠟木刀柄已磨損。
Before sawmills, roofers used a sharp frow to split wooden shingles by hand.
在鋸木廠普及之前，屋頂工人用鋒利的劈刀徒手劈製木瓦片。
Allison learned to use a frow while helping her grandfather repair old barrels.
Allison 在幫祖父修理舊木桶時學會了使用劈楔刀。
- froe
alternate spelling, more common in the US
- cleaving knife
broader term for any knife-like tool used to split wood
文法句型
[the] frow
[a] frow
用法筆記
The spelling 'froe' is also common, especially in American English woodworking manuals. This tool is still used today by traditional coopers (barrel-makers) and by craftspeople who make wooden shingles by hand.