brace and bit

British

noun

a hand tool for boring holes, consisting of a cranked handle into which a drilling bit is inserted

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Hand augers resembling a carpenter’s brace and bit are also often used in collieries.

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Her father was a carpenter, and she had a hatchet and a plane and a brace and bit all her very own.

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"There's a saw in the tool chest, and I believe I saw a brace and bits."

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It was a wonder he got it straight, for sometimes you can't get an idea into his head without usin' a brace and bit, but this trip he shows up for a high brow.

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When you bore a hole with a brace and bit, the hand that turns the brace goes around a circle many times as large as the hole that is being bored.

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