ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Drawbore

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Drawbore is a noun meaning (transitive) To make a drawbore in.

Meaning

(transitive) To make a drawbore in.

More Meanings

  1. (transitive) To enlarge the bore of a gun barrel by drawing, instead of thrusting, a revolving tool through it.
  2. (joinery) A hole bored through a tenon nearer to the shoulder than the holes through the cheeks are to the edge or abutment against which the shoulder is to rest, so that a pin or bolt, when driven into it, will draw these parts together.

Example Sentences

a drawbore pin
to drawbore a tenon

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include throughbore, bore, counterbore, drawbolt, drift, borer.

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