Dictionary Definition
awl n : a pointed tool for marking surfaces or
for punching small holes
User Contributed Dictionary
Noun
- A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.
Translations
a pointed instrument
- Albanian: fëndyell
- Chinese: 錐子, 锥子 (zhuīzǐ)
- Croatian: šilo
- Dutch: els
- Finnish: naskali
- French: alêne
- German: Ahle
- Greek: σουβλί (souvlí)
- Hungarian: ár
- Italian: punteruolo
- Japanese: 突きぎり (tsukigiri)
- Korean: 송곳 (songgot)
- Maltese: timplor
- Novial: alene
- Old English: æl
- Old High German: ala
- Old Norse: alr
- Polish: szydło
- Portuguese: furador
- Russian: шило
- Serbian: šilo
- Spanish: lezna
- Swedish: syl
Extensive Definition
Awl is a long pointed spike. It may be a:
- Scratch awl, a tool with a long pointed spike used for marking wood.
- Stitching awl, a tool used by leatherworkers, such as cobblers (shoemakers), to pierce holes in leather.
- Bradawl, a tool for making holes in wood.
Awl may also refer to:
- The AA-4 'Awl, the NATO reporting name for the Raduga K-9 air-to-air missile.
- The Alliance for Workers' Liberty, a UK Marxist group.
- The Academic word list
See also:
- Hasora, a skipper butterfly genus commonly known as "awls".
- Coeliadinae, a skipper butterfly family containing awls, awlets and related taxa.
- awl-flies, the family Xylophagidae.
- AWL
awl in German: AWL
awl in Italian: AWL