'upright shave' definitions:
Definition of 'upright shave'
From: GCIDE
- Upright \Up"right`\, n.
- 1. Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of Frame. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Basketwork) A tool made from a flat strip of steel with chisel edges at both ends, bent into horseshoe, the opening between the cutting edges being adjustable, used for reducing splits to skeins. Called in full {upright shave}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 3. (Football) the vertical part of a goalpost, especially the part above the horizontal bar; as, a field goal directly between the uprights. [PJC]