Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In carpentry, a hole pierced through a tenon, nearer to the shoulder than the holes through the cheeks are to the abutment with which the shoulder is to come into contact, so that a pin when driven into it will draw these parts together.
- To make a draw-bore in: as, to
drawbore a tenon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To make a drawbore in.
- transitive verb To enlarge the bore of a gun barrel by drawing, instead of thrusting, a revolving tool through it.
- noun (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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A hole bored through a
tenon nearer to theshoulder than the holes through thecheeks are to the edge orabutment against which the shoulder is to rest, so that apin orbolt , when driven into it, will draw these parts together. - verb To make a drawbore in; as, to drawbore a tenon.
- verb To enlarge the
bore of a gunbarrel bydrawing , instead ofthrusting , arevolving tool through it.
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Examples
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-- At Fig. 162 is seen the method of securing a tenon by drawbore pinning, employed when it is not convenient to obtain the necessary pressure by using a cramp.
Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. William Fairham
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Fig. 152 shows a tusk tenon furnished with a drawbore pin.
Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. William Fairham
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The exact location of this groove is obtained in a similar manner to that used in marking out tenons for drawbore pinning,
Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. William Fairham
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