'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]