bradawl

American  

[brad-awl] / ˈbrædˌɔl /

noun

Carpentry.

1. an awl for making small holes in wood for brads.

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bradawl British  

/ ˈbrædˌɔːl /

noun

1. an awl used to pierce wood, leather, or other materials for the insertion of brads, screws, etc

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Etymology

Origin of bradawl

First recorded in 1815–25; brad + awl

Example Sentences

The animal can then usually be removed with a bradawl, or, better still, a sail needle stuck into a cork.

From Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them by Moss, E. G. B.

Then by a sudden impulse he picked the coin up, and opening a toolbox which he kept in the room, he took from it a hammer and bradawl.

From A Dog with a Bad Name by Reed, Talbot Baines

He waved his hand deprecatingly, the bradawl used for his work in it.

From The Purple Land by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

Through the balancing point G a bradawl is stuck, and on that as pivot the whole readily revolves.

From Pioneers of Science by Lodge, Oliver, Sir

They went out and bought a one-inch auger and a three-sixteenths bradawl, a thick footstool and a satchel.

From The Pit Prop Syndicate by Crofts, Freeman Wills