drawknife

American  

[draw-nahyf] / ˈdrɔˌnaɪf /

noun

Carpentry.

drawknives plural

1. a knife with a handle at each end at right angles to the blade, used by drawing over a surface.

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drawknife British  

/ ˈdrɔːˌnaɪf /

noun

1. US name: spokeshave.  a woodcutting tool with two handles at right angles to the blade, used to shave wood

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• drawknives
  plural

Etymology

Origin of drawknife

First recorded in 1630–40; draw + knife

Example Sentences

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drawknife drawknives

These are the poems of a man with eyes like a drawknife, hands like a pickpocket's hands, woven of water and logic and hunger, with no strand of love in them.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 18, 2010

A drawknife is the proper tool for shaping the neck.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.

Instead, the smokejumpers employed hand tools such as drawknives and other 19th-century-looking utensils.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 31, 2014