DRAWKNIFE Definition & Meaning

drawknife

[ draw-nahyf ]

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noun

Carpentry.

plural drawknives.

a knife with a handle at each end at right angles to the blade, used by drawing drawing over a surface.

drawknife

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noun

a woodcutting tool with two handles at right angles to the blade, used to shave wood US namespokeshave

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Origin of drawknife¹

First recorded in 1630–40; draw + knife

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Professionals would probably use a drawknife and spokeshave; a YouTube video, “Spindle Repair on a Chair Back” by Fixing Furniture, shows how.

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These are the poems of a man with eyes like a drawknife, hands like a pickpocket's hands, woven of water and logic and hunger, with no strand of love in them.

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A drawknife is the proper tool for shaping the neck.

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