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drawbar

About 0.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun An open-mouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars of a train.
  2. noun A bar of iron with an eye at each end, or a heavy link, for coupling a locomotive to a tender or car.
  3. noun A device to couple a powered road vehicle to a load to transfer tractive effort to the load, either as a push or as a pull.
  4. noun A sliding bar on a Hammond organ, controlling the volume of a waveform.
  5. noun A device for changing the tools on milling machines.

Similar words

horsepower drawlink drawspring drawhead drawgear drawhook drag-chain toothbar rack roll bar

Often followed by

pull horsepower and power of is work hp horse

Word family

drawbars

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