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单词 drawknife
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drawknife

[ draw-nahyf ]
/ ˈdrɔˌnaɪf /

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.
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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Example sentences from the Web for drawknife

  • 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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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