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drawbar

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draw⋅bar

[draw-bahr]
–noun
a heavy bar, often made of steel, attached to the rear of a tractor and used as a hitch for pulling machinery, as a plow or mower.

Origin:
1660–70, Americanism, for an earlier sense; draw + bar 1
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draw·bar   (drô'bär')   
n.  
  1. A bar across the rear of a tractor for hitching machinery.

  2. A railroad coupler.

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