A machine in which long pieces of metal are drawn through a drawplate, die, or series of dies, to change the shape, size, cross-sectional area, physical properties, or surface finish of the metal.

(weaving) A boy who operates the harness cords of a handloom. / Part of a power loom that performs the same function.

(joinery) 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.

To make a drawbore in / To enlarge the bore of a gun barrel by drawing, instead of thrusting, a revolving tool through it.

(now rare) A blustering, bullying person; a braggart.

(rail transport) 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.

plural of drawdown

plural of drawback

plural of drawboy

plural of drawcansir