froe in English
noun
1
a cleaving tool with a handle at right angles to the blade.
Shafts could be ripped by handsaw from one-inch planks cut with a pit saw, or they were sometimes split from a billet with a froe , or wedge.
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1. The 108 Compadre Froe is the perfect tool for your camping and general outdoor needs
2. Cleaving (riving) is used to turn a log into lumber or billets (short or thick pieces of wood) into firewood.Splitting axe is sometimes described as an old name for a splitting maul or froe
3. In my work I use the tools (drawknife, shaving horse, ax, froe, hornbeam maul, knife) and methods (hand-splitting, pounding, hand-scraping, carving, green-bending) of the Maine woodsmen, Shakers, and Native American Basketmakers.