"Froe" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... ceremony was over all marched down about three blocks to where there had been a whole bullock roasted, also three sheep. The tables used were made of rude boards split out with a froe. There were no table-cloths, no tea or coffee, but plenty of wine and an abundance of meat, that all might ...
— Thirty-One Years on the Plains and In the Mountains • William F. Drannan
... two forms of the froe, an implement used for splitting shakes and shingles and clapboards like those on the roof of Fig. 171. The froe is held by the handle with the left hand and hammered on the top with a mallet held in the right hand. Fig. 177 shows two boys sawing a log up into sections, but for ...
— Shelters, Shacks and Shanties • D.C. Beard |
