Drawbar

Quick meaning: Drawbar is a noun meaning (rail transport) A bar of iron with an eye at each end, or a heavy link, for coupling a locomotive to a tender or car.

Meaning

(rail transport) A bar of iron with an eye at each end, or a heavy link, for coupling a locomotive to a tender or car.

More Meanings

1. (road transport) A device to couple a powered road vehicle to a load to transfer tractive effort to the load, either as a push or as a pull.
2. (music) A sliding bar on a Hammond organ, controlling the volume of a waveform.
3. (engineering) A device for changing the tools on milling machines.
4. (rail transport) An open-mouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars of a train.

Example Sentences

With multiple-unit electric trains one cannot quote figures of drawbar horsepower, because there is no drawbar, as such; […].

Word Forms

• drawbars

Synonyms for drawbar

Depending on context, synonyms include draglink, drawlink.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include horsepower, drawlink, drawspring, drawhead, drawgear, drawhook.

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