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drawhook

drawhook noun: a coupling hook.

Noun

drawhook (plural drawhooks)

  1. A coupling hook.
    • [...] as to wrought iron drawhooks, the failure of one of which, in a coarsely crystalline condition, was the principal cause of the accident, it was laid down in March 1934, that all new wagon drawbars must be of steel to British Standard Specification No. 80, [...].1940 November, “Notes and News: A Highland Collision”, in Railway Magazine, page 612

Forms of drawhook

pluraldrawhooks

Origin of drawhook

From draw + hook.

Questions about drawhook

What does drawhook mean?
Drawhook means a coupling hook.
What part of speech is drawhook?
Drawhook is a noun.
What is the plural of drawhook?
The plural of drawhook is drawhooks.

Words near drawhook in the dictionary

  1. drawgears
  2. drawgirl
  3. drawgirls
  4. drawhead
  5. drawheads
  6. drawhook
  7. drawhooks
  8. drawin'
  9. drawing
  10. drawing a bath
  11. drawing a bead on

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