drawspring
English
Etymology
draw + spring
Noun
drawspring (plural drawsprings)
- (rail transport) The spring to which a drawbar is attached.
References
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for drawspring in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)