墨斗
mak6 dau2mò dǒu
English
- carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)
- a tool for drawing straight lines on a wall, for decoration and construction
粵語 — Cantonese
- 木工工具，用嚟幫工地畫直綫，傳説係魯班整出來嘅。墨斗結構係一塊四方木，上面挖空裝墨。墨可以係墨粉或者墨水。斗中間有個綫轆，可以拉一條綫出來，然後兩個人行埋去要彈墨綫嘅地方，對準彈落去，咁就有一條綫響啲嘢上面。
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk