Trans-verse′ Plan′er.
1. (Wood-working.) A planing-machine in which the cutters are caused to move across or at right angles to the material being planed. The usual practice is to adjust a rotating head or arms horizontally and parallel with the plane of the surface to be operated on, the table traveling in either direction under the head, thus bringing all parts of the material in contact with the cutters. See Fig. 3796, page 1728.
2. (Metal.) A shaper or planer with its cut transverse of the table. See next article; also Fig. 6150, page 2477.
