drawbarn.
/ˈdrɔːbɑː/, U.S. /ˈdrɔˌbɑr/, /ˈdrɑˌbɑr/ 1. A heavy wooden or iron sliding bar used to secure a door (or occasionally a window shutter or shutters) when closed, typically passing horizontally from a slot in the jamb. Now historical.
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wire1426–7
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dog bolt1810
quick-set1842
turn-buckle1877
bottle screw1903
ziplock1956
1530 in H. M. Paton Accts. Masters of Wks. (1957) I. f. 35v A draw bar to the inner chalmer dur.
1874 Trans. Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archæol. Soc. 1 52 The huge drawbar behind the door, significant of former times.
1912 A. H. Thompson Mil. Archit. in Eng. during Middle Ages vii. 169 This window was not glazed:..the fastening was..secured by a wooden draw-bar.
1963 Art Bull. 45 94 A doorway..has a draw-bar socket, 2 feet six inches deep, on the inner reveal.
2007 C. Gravett Castles of Edward I in Wales 31/1 The first obstacle was a two-leaved door closed by a drawbar running into a slot in the wall thickness.
2. Originally North American. A bar in a fence which may be pulled out of place or removed to allow passage. Now rare.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > [noun] > bolt or bar
shuttle971
barc1175
esselc1275
slota1300
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ginc1330
staple-bar1339
shotc1430
shuttingc1440
shutc1460
spar1596
counter-bar1611
shooter1632
drawbar1670
night bolt1775
drop-bolt1786
snibbing-bolt1844
stay-band1844
window bar1853
heck-stower1876
barrel bolt1909
latch bolt1909
panic bolt1911
1670 in S. A. Green Early Rec. Groton, Mass. (1880) 36 A gat or a sufficient pair of draw barrs to [be] Kept and maintained at the end [of] Natha[niel] Lawrences field.
1768 Will of John Tainter in D. W. Tainter Hist. & Geneal. Descendants Joseph Taynter (1859) 32 Beginning at said way north of the draw barrs at the Crank in the fence running on a straight line Easterly to the South side of the Causeway.
1811 Massachusetts Spy 3 Apr. There were a pair of draw bars about twelve or fifteen yards from [his] door.
1884 R. Jefferies Life of Fields 85 The gates beside the lane were not gates at all, but double draw-bars framed together.
1917 Country Gentleman 3 Nov. 17/3 Pasture gates and drawbars are put up by farmers for the purpose of keeping their horses, cattle, sheep and hogs from wandering into the next county.
1934 Field & Stream Dec. 69/1 Simon preferred crawling under the fence to pulling down the draw-bars.
3. A bar or fitting at the end of a vehicle to which another vehicle can be attached by means of a hook, link and pin, or other coupling mechanism, in order to pull it or to be pulled.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > other vehicles according to specific use > [noun] > towing vehicle > tow-bar or draw-bar
drawbar1831
trailer hitch1953
tow-bar1956
1831 New Eng. Farmer 20 Apr. 314/1 The feet of the driver rest on the draw bar.
1861 Times 1 June The draw-bar of one of the trucks broke, and the draw-spring fell on the rails.
1904 Westm. Gaz. 30 Mar. 2/1 Two omnibuses..and four light wagons, all..connected by spring draw-bars.
1950 Engineering 17 Nov. 388/3 On wet heavy land, a tractor with rubber tyres..will give a drawbar performance.
2014 L. Mora Vintage Caravan Style ii. 40/1 Make sure that the chassis under your caravan and the drawbar that attaches it to the car are solid.
4. Glass-making. A block made of a refractory material, which is submerged in a glass-making furnace in order to stabilize the position of sheet glass during drawing.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > glass-making equipment > [noun] > other equipment
ladle1483
frache1662
paddle1662
strocals1662
basin1728
setting-board1825
cuvette1832
sabre1832
fly-frame1835
chair1845
snapdragon1869
sand-blast1871
parallelometer1887
chevalet1890
harbour1891
hearth1898
frigger1923
drawbar1926
1926 U.S. Patent 1,598,729 1/2 Beneath the line of generation of the sheet is a refractory draw-bar.
1970 Glass Technol. 11 95 a The refractory draw bar contains sealed cavities providing buoyancy in molten glass.
2007 C. B. Carter & M. G. Norton Ceramic Materials xxvi. 469/2 In the Fourcault process the glass is drawn through a slot in a clay block (called the debiteuse or draw bar).
5. Any of a number of slider controls on some electronic organs, used to manipulate the instrument's harmonic tones.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > types of organ > [noun] > electric or electronic organ > parts of
drawbar1935
1935 Diapason (Amer. Guild Organists) 1 May 3/1 There are above the upper manual nine draw-bars of one group which are called harmonic controls.
1984 Sounds 1 Dec. 61/2 Your basic patch can be drastically altered by using an extraordinary ‘drawbar’ facility that rejigs the amplitude of your patch (up to nine times) with respect to nine different pitches that can be selected.
2004 Keyboard Feb. 12/2 My left hand is everywhere at once—adjusting the drawbars, turning chorus/vibrato on and off.., bringing the reverb in and out.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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