drawknife

1 9.4

A hand tool with a blade and two handles used to shave thin pieces of wood

noun
/ˈdrɔːˌnaɪf/

Specialized

: cuchilla de desbaste

He carefully shaved off thin slices of wood with his drawknife during the project.

Examples

"Life is good in Waterburg," he thought contentedly, fingering his drawknife's edge.

Fiction book (1998)
The carpenter expertly used the drawknife to shape the wooden beam.
To create smooth surfaces, woodworkers often choose a drawknife for its precision.

Synonyms

drawshave

vsdrawknife

Specialized

1 9.9

A tool with a blade and two handles that you pull toward you to make wood smooth

focuses on removing thin slices rather than mainly smoothing the surface

How Big

drawknife

Specialized

1 9.4

froe

Specialized

1 9.9

knife

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Surface Forms

drawknife singular

drawknives plural

Morphology

drawknife = draw + knife (transparent) = draw + knife

The meaning is directly inferable as a type of knife associated with the action 'to draw' (i.e., a knife operated by drawing it), so learners knowing 'draw' and 'knife' can reasonably guess its use.

Etymology

The word drawknife comes from draw 'to pull', like when you draw a bow, and knife, because it is a blade you pull toward you to shave thin slices of wood.