ball turning
nounFurniture.
the turning of arms or legs on furniture to make them resemble a continuous row of balls.
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How to use ball turning in a sentence
All nature will be struggling and dying, with the sun a red ball turning dark like a cooling ember.
Astounding Stories, April, 1931 | VariousRifles should not be too deeply indented; only so much as to prevent the ball turning round within the barrel.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreA simple attachment for ball turning in an ordinary lathe is shown in Fig. 1253.
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II | Joshua RoseThe Gate Table on the same page with eight legs is a good example of ball turning.
Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture | Arthur Hayden
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