drawbore

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noun

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.

“a drawbore pin”

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Meanings

noundrawbore (plural drawbores)

plural drawbores

  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.

    a drawbore pin

verbdrawbore (third-person singular simple present drawbores, present participle drawboring, simple past and past participle drawbored)

present singular third person drawbores · participle present drawboring · participle past drawbored · past drawbored

  1. transitiveTo make a drawbore in.

    to drawbore a tenon

  2. transitiveTo enlarge the bore of a gun barrel by drawing, instead of thrusting, a revolving tool through it.

Origin

From draw + bore.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

drawbore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drawbore

MLA

“drawbore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drawbore. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drawbore,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drawbore.

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