drawplate

/ ˈdrɔːˌpleɪt /

noun

1. a plate used to reduce the diameter of wire by drawing it through conical holes

Example Sentences

Ranofer picked up the ingot, which was now cool enough to handle, and carried it to the nearby workbench on which the drawplate stood.

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The apprentice held another, greasing it for the drawplate.

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He had poured that slim little ingot, now lying yonder in the courtyard beside the drawplate, from just such sweepings as this.

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Hapia’o laughed as he threaded the tapered end of the greased golden rod through a hole in the drawplate.

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Only one ingot lay beside the drawplate.

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