DRAWBAR
Drawbar
A drawbar is a solid coupling between a hauling vehicle and its hauled load. Drawbars are in common use with rail transport, road trailers, both large and small, industrial and recreational, and with agricultural equipment.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Drawbar (haulage)
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drawbar
Noun
- 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.
- A bar of iron with an eye at each end, or a heavy link, for coupling a locomotive to a tender or car.
- (road transport) 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. (See also )
- A sliding bar on a Hammond organ, controlling the volume of a waveform.
- A device for changing the tools on milling machines
<gallery> File:Drawbar trailer coupling.jpg|Drawbar for trailer. File:Hammond-XB-1-Drawbars.png|Drawbars on a Hammond organ. </gallery>
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