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Definition of Drawshave
1. Noun. A woodworker's knife to shave surfaces.
Definition of Drawshave
1. n. See Drawing knife.
Definition of Drawshave
1. Noun. A drawing knife. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drawshave
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drawshave
Literary usage of Drawshave
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Farm Shop Work: Practical Manual Training by George Marshall Brace, Dexter Dwight Mayne (1915)
"drawshave. siderable material is to be removed. The sections in this drawing show
shapes of blades for different uses. The spokeshave, Fig. ..."
2. English Composition by Franklin Thomas Baker, Herbert Vaughan Abbott (1908)
"For tools, we had an axe, drawshave, jack-plane, and an augur. ... It was very
difficult to work the curved surface with nothing but a drawshave. ..."
3. One-act Plays by Modern Authors by Helen Louise Cohen (1921)
"Between his knees is a stout thong of wood, whittled round by the drawshave which
his sleeping hand still holds in his lap. Against the side of his chair ..."
4. Aspects of Child Life and Education by Granville Stanley Hall (1921)
"These were taken home in a pung, split with beetle and wedge, and . then with a
frow, and finished off with a drawshave on a shaving horse, itself homemade. ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society by American Antiquarian Society (1891)
"These were taken home in a pung, split with beetle and wedge, and then with a
frow and finished off with a drawshave, on a shaving-horse, ..."
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