plate-shears

1) Strong hand shears for cutting sheets or plates of metal.

The term is first recorded in 1599 and occurs in the inventory of Francis Brownell, a Sheffield boxsmith: 1689 1 Vice, 16s 0d, 1 paire of plate sheares 4 little hammers.

places Sheffield
dates 1689

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