drawknife
noun, verb
Forms drawknives drawknifes drawknifing drawknifed drawing knife draw knife
- noun A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; a drawshave.
- noun A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood.
- verb (transitive) To cut or shave with a drawknife.
Synonyms
drawing knife drawshave
Etymology
From draw + knife.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; --called also drawshave, and drawing shave.
- noun A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood.
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “drawknife”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details