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

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Example Sentences

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bradawl

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

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

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 Talbot Baines Reed

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

From Pioneers of Science by Sir Oliver Lodge

The forward locker was now empty, she hunted in the others and discovered two more Maconochie tins that Bompard had overlooked, some cotton waste, a roll of thick copper wire and a bradawl.

From The Beach of Dreams by H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole

The simplest form of wood-piercing tool is the awl or bradawl, shown in Figs.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose

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