| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 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.[Websters]. | |
| Verb | 1. To make a drawbore in; as, to drawbore a tenon.[Websters]
2. To enlarge the bore of a gun barrel by drawing, instead of thrusting, a revolving tool through it.[Websters] 3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: drawboring, drawbored, drawbores, drawborer, drawborers, drawboringly and drawboredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DRAWBORE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
