froe
noun
\ ˈfrō
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variants:
or less commonly frow
Definition of froe
: a cleaving tool for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block
Examples of froe in a Sentence
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Hold hands with a girl and walk down Stony Island past the Black P. Stones who own the street, past Maryam and all those Nation brothers in bowties and tight froes, huddled around the mosque like prim, angry penguins guarding a hole in the ice. — Barry Pearce, chicagotribune.com, "2019 Algren Awards: Grand Prize Winner: Chez Whatever," 20 July 2019 Children will enjoy cutting a log with a two-man saw, cleaving shingles with a mallet and froe, competing in a seed spitting contest, making dolls and other activities. — Daily News Staff, The Mercury News, "Peninsula Happenings, Friday, May 5: Kite Day, big art festival in Mountain View, environmentalist speech, Woodside Store Day, SamTrans art contest," 5 May 2017 Named for a New York industrial arts teacher who collected early American craft and industry tools, the trove includes everything from bark spuds and froes to twibills and wool wheel fingers. — Suzanne Carmick, New York Times, "The Pastoral Isles of Lake Champlain," 6 June 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'froe.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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