Sewing Horse

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“Sewing-horse. In saddlery, a sewing-clamp with its supports. a, seat; b, legs; c, c’, clamping-jaws, c’ hinged to c at d; e, strap fastened to c’ passing through c, and attached by chain f to the foot-lever g, the latter pivoted at h; i, spring which opens the jaws when not pulled together by e; k, ratch which g engages to hold he jaws together.” -Whitney, 1911

Source

William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)

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