bradawl
English
Etymology
brad + awl
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɹædɔːl/
Noun
bradawl (plural bradawls)
- An awl with a blade similar to a small, straight screwdriver; used for making holes, especially in wood to take screws.
- 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers 36:
- ‘I wish I wos behind him vith a bradawl,’ muttered the long one.
- 2016 January 30, Jeff Howell, “Swinging doors: it's not open and shut”, in The Daily Telegraph (Property), page 15:
- For the first adjustment [to a door that keeps swinging open], you might need to remove the screws from the frame, move the hinge slightly, and then make new screw holes with a bradawl and reinsert the screws.