Meaning

5 senses
  1. 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.

    сцепкаscepka

    зчепzčep, зчі́пкаzčípka

  2. A bar of iron with an eye at each end, or a heavy link, for coupling a locomotive to a tender or car.

  3. 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. A sliding bar on a Hammond organ, controlling the volume of a waveform.

  5. A device for changing the tools on milling machines.

More definitions
  • a strong metal bar bearing a hook to attach something to be pulled

Translations

3 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
open-mouthed bar at the end of a car which receives a coupling link and pin:
Русский
By meaning 1
open-mouthed bar at the end of a car which receives a coupling link and pin:

Origin

From draw + bar.

From draw + bar.

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Forms

plural: drawbars
Singulardrawbar
Pluraldrawbars

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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