try square

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   a square having a metal ruler set at right angles to another straight piece

   Broadersquare

   Narrowerset square

Questions about try square

What does try square mean?

try square means "a square having a metal ruler set at right angles to another straight piece".

Is try square a common word?

try square 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.