Preferred label

Scissors(objects)                

Alternative label

Scope note

Two pivoted blades attached to handles; when closed on a substrate, the blades create a parallel shearing action resulting in a breach. 

Parent concept

Tools and equipment        

uh-linked-data/concept/612

Related concept                              

The Arts & Architecture ThesaurusⓇ Online, The Getty Research Institute. Concept uri

Not in AAT

The Language of Bindings Thesaurus (LoB) Concept uri

Not in LoB

Scope note source reference

Source

Jana Dambrogio, Daniel Starza Smith, and the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking, The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.

Unlocking History Concept uri

uh-linked-data/concept/446