breast drill

noun

A hand-cranked drill that is braced against the breast (chest) and whose axial feed can be provided by pushing or leaning therefrom.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounbreast drill (plural breast drills)

plural breast drills

  1. A hand-cranked drill that is braced against the breast (chest) and whose axial feed can be provided by pushing or leaning therefrom.

Origin

From breast + drill.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

breast drill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breast%20drill

MLA

“breast drill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breast%20drill. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “breast drill,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breast%20drill.

Source: breast drill on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.