Meaning & use
Diestock
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A hand tool used to hold and turn a die when cutting external screw threads onto a rod or pipe.
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The machinist secured the die in the diestock before threading the end of the steel rod.
A rusty diestock hung on the workshop wall alongside other old threading tools.
A note on using this word
Also spelled "die stock" as two words; it works alongside a "die," the cutting tool itself, to form external threads.
Words with a similar meaning
die holdertap wrench
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