different between milling vs drawbar

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?l??/
• Rhymes: -?l??

Noun

milling (countable and uncountable, plural millings)

1. A grinding process using a mill.
2. The series of notches around the edge of a coin, placed there during minting so that it can be told if some of the metal from the edge is removed. Removing metal from a coin was common practice during earlier times when coins made of precious metals circulated.
3. A circular or random motion of a herd or a crowd.

Verb

milling

1. present participle of mill

Translations

Anagrams

• gin mill

English

Etymology

draw +? bar

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?d??.b??/

Noun

drawbar (plural drawbars)

1. (rail transport) 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.
2. (rail transport) A bar of iron with an eye at each end, or a heavy link, for coupling a locomotive to a tender or car.
3. (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.
4. (music) A sliding bar on a Hammond organ, controlling the volume of a waveform.
5. (engineering) A device for changing the tools on milling machines.

Synonyms

• dragbar
• draglink
• drawlink

Gallery

References

• drawbar in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.