drawing knife

noun

A knife with a handle at each end, used for shaving hoops for barrels by drawing it towards oneself.

Meanings

noundrawing knife (plural drawing knives)

plural drawing knives

  1. A knife with a handle at each end, used for shaving hoops for barrels by drawing it towards oneself.

    Synonyms: drawknife, drawshave

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA knife with a handle at each end, used for shaving hoops for barrels by drawing it towards oneself.

Translations

Catalan cutxef
  • cutxefknife with a handle at each end
Dutch haalmes
  • haalmesknife with a handle at each end
Finnish kuorintarauta
  • kuorintarautaknife with a handle at each end
French plane
  • planeknife with a handle at each end
German Zugmesser, Schäleisen
  • Zugmesserknife with a handle at each end
  • Schäleisenknife with a handle at each end
  • Rindenmesserknife with a handle at each end
  • Reifeisenknife with a handle at each end
Irish scian fonsa
  • scian fonsaknife with a handle at each end
Polish ośnik
  • ośnikknife with a handle at each end
Russian скобель
  • скобель (skobelʹ)knife with a handle at each end
Slovak obojručný nôž
  • obojručný nôžknife with a handle at each end
Swedish bandkniv
  • bandknivknife with a handle at each end
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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