carpenter's rule

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   a rule used by a carpenter

   Broaderrule

Questions about carpenter's rule

What does carpenter's rule mean?

carpenter's rule means "a rule used by a carpenter".

Is carpenter's rule a common word?

carpenter's rule is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.