A rod that can be pulled or withdrawn, often used in machinery or mechanical devices as a component that moves along a fixed path.
Compound of 'draw' and 'rod' (Old Norse roðr, a pole or stick). Developed as mechanical engineering became more sophisticated in the Industrial Revolution.
Drawrods were essential in early machinery before hydraulics—they're how engineers translated pulling motions into precise mechanical movements, like the rods that operate printing presses.
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