drawknife

[ draw-nahyf ]

/ ˈdrɔˌnaɪf /

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noun, plural draw·knives.Carpentry.

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

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Also called drawing knife, drawshave.

Origin of drawknife

First recorded in 1630–40; draw + knife

Words nearby drawknife

drawing room, drawing-room comedy, drawing table, draw in one's horns, draw in the reins, drawknife, drawl, draw-loom, drawn, drawn butter, drawn work

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How to use drawknife in a sentence

The curve of the legs can be cut with a bracket saw or a drawknife, care being taken to get the edges square and smooth.
Mission Furniture|H. H. Windsor
On the day of the first snow Dick Goodine walked over to Rayton's farm to borrow a drawknife.
Rayton: A Backwoods Mystery|Theodore Goodridge Roberts

British Dictionary definitions for drawknife

drawknife

drawshave

/ (ˈdrɔːˌnaɪf) /

noun plural -knives or -shaves

a woodcutting tool with two handles at right angles to the blade, used to shave woodUS name: spokeshave

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