The front or leading part of a piece of machinery or equipment designed to be drawn or pulled, or the head section of a drawing mechanism.
From 'draw' (to pull) + 'head' (Old English heafod). Mechanical machinery terminology.
The drawhead in industrial machinery is like the 'nose' of a machine—it's engineered to withstand enormous stresses because it literally pulls the entire mechanism forward.
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