drillstock

American

[dril-stok] / ˈdrɪlˌstɒk /

noun

a device for holding a drill.

drillstock British

/ ˈdrɪlˌstɒk /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of drillstock

First recorded in 1770–80; drill ¹ + stock

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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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