drillstock

[dril-stok]

noun

1. a device for holding a drill.

drillstock

/ ˈdrɪlˌstɒk /

noun

1. the part of a machine tool that holds the shank of a drill or bit; chuck

Word History and Origins

Origin of drillstock¹

First recorded in 1770–80; drill ¹ + stock

Example Sentences

Under the impression that I might be required to set to work in any town on my route, like any travelling tinker, I had packed in my knapsack my best scoopers and an upright drillstock; and these tools, while they added to its weight, presented so many obdurate points of resistance to my back. 

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