breast drill

breast drill

[′brest ‚dril]

(design engineering)

A small, portable hand drill customarily used by handsetters to drill the holes in bit blanks in which diamonds are to be set; it includes a plate that is pressed against the worker's breast.

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breast drill

breast drill

A hand-operated drill having a piece against which the chest is braced to provide additional force.

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