Usage Note
Parketthobel (or Parkettschleifer for the powered version) is a wide, low-set plane used to level newly laid or refurbished parquet floors; the hand version is used for small corrections and spot-sanding of floorboards.
Examples
"Mit dem Parketthobel wurden die Unebenheiten zwischen den Dielen egalisiert."
Natural Translation
The irregularities between the planks were levelled with the parquet plane.
Literal Translation
With the parquet-plane were the unevennesses between the planks equalised.
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