ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Drawhook

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Drawhook is a noun meaning (rail transport) A coupling hook.

Meaning

(rail transport) A coupling hook.

Example Sentences

[...] as to wrought iron drawhooks, the failure of one of which, in a coarsely crystalline condition, was the principal cause of the accident, it was laid down in March 1934, that all new wagon drawbars must be of steel to British Standard Specification No. 80, [...].

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include buttonhook, hookmaking, hook, drawbar, drawhead, tenter hook.

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