'drawing shave' definitions:
Definition of 'drawing shave'
From: GCIDE
- Drawing knife \Draw"ing knife"\, Drawknife \Draw"knife`\, n.
- 1. A woodworker`s and joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; -- called also drawshave, and drawing shave. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Carp.) A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood. [1913 Webster]