drawshave

[ draw-sheyv ]

noun

, Carpentry.

1. drawknife.

Word History and Origins

Origin of drawshave¹

First recorded in 1820–30; draw + shave

Example Sentences

I's watch grandpap take de hard wood block and with de ax and de drawshave and de plane and saw and rule, him cut and fit de mouldboard to de turnin' plow.

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I could handle a plane or a drawshave or a riveting-hammer, or even an awl, for the matter of that, with any of them.

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Old-timers will recall "hoop poles", tall slender young saplings of shagbark hickory that were split and fashioned with the "drawshave" into barrel hoops.

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Jim Hill as a boy fought the battle of life with ax, hoe, maul, adz, shovel, pick, mattock, drawshave, rake and pitchfork.

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But there was a cooper's shop in town, and James was already very handy with a drawshave in getting out staves.

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