T-square

English

Etymology

From its shape, resembling a capital letter T.

Noun

T-square (plural T-squares)

1. A rule with a short perpendicular crosspiece at one end, used by draughtsmen to draw parallel lines.
2. A sex position whereby the receiving partner lies on the back with knees up and legs apart while the penetrating partner lies on either side perpendicular to the receiver, with the penetrating partner's hips under the arch formed by receiver's legs.

Translations

rule with a short perpendicular crosspiece at one end

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 丁字尺 (zh) (dīngzìchǐ), T字尺 (T-zìchǐ)

• Finnish: T-viivain
• French: règle en T f
• German: Reißschiene (de) f
• Greek: ταυ (el) n (taf), παραλληλογράφος (el) m (parallilográfos), ταφ n (taf)
• Hungarian: fejes vonalzó
• Irish: crosbhacart m
• Japanese: T定規 (tī-jōgi)
• Korean: T자 (tija)
• Polish: przykładnica f
• Portuguese: régua-tê f
• Russian: рейсши́на (ru) f (rejsšína), науго́льник (ru) m (naugólʹnik)
• Tagalog: paripang galod
• Thai: ไม้ที (máai-tee, literally “T stick”)
• Volapük: däsinastripöm (vo)

Anagrams

• aquerts, quarest, quartes, quatres