English Explanatory Dictionary

drawbore

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
verb
  1. To make a drawbore in.
  2. To enlarge the bore of a gun barrel by drawing, instead of thrusting, a revolving tool through it.

Word forms

drawbore drawbores drawboring drawbored

Etymology

From draw + bore.

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