jack plane

a plane for rough surfacing.

Origin of jack plane

First recorded in 1805–15

Perhaps if you got a jack-plane and planed the walls off it would suffice.

The Bicyclers and Three Other Farces |John Kendrick Bangs
It was about nine o'clock in the forenoon, when I was busily employed with the jack-plane on one of the sweeps.

Twelve Years a Slave |Solomon Northup
After this is done their edges should be trimmed neatly with a jack-plane.

Boys' Book of Model Boats |Raymond Francis Yates
If you should use a jack-plane to do the work of a fore-plane, have it ground more squarely across like the fore-plane.

Woodworking for Beginners |Charles Gardner Wheeler

The fore-plane or trying-plane is longer and larger than the jack-plane.

Woodworking for Beginners |Charles Gardner Wheeler

jack plane

a carpenter's plane, usually with a wooden body, used for rough planing of timber