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bradawl
/ 藞产谤忙诲藢蓴藧濒 /
noun
- an awl used to pierce wood, leather, or other materials for the insertion of brads, screws, etc
Example Sentences
The simplest form of wood-piercing tool is the awl or bradawl, shown in Figs.
Then he began to sing, in a shrill voice, that worked its way, as a bradawl through wood, past all the noise of the elements.
It twisted itself half round, then reverted to its former position, and again twisted itself, moving like a bradawl, not like a gimlet, which latter forms a complete revolution.
The animal can then usually be removed with a bradawl, or, better still, a sail needle stuck into a cork.
Dolly was holding his tools, by permission鈥攐nly not chisels or gouges, or gimlets, or bradawls, or anything with an edge to it鈥攁nd the sunflower outside was watching them.
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