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dogbone

noun

Etymology

From dog + bone. Evokes a bone to be given to a dog to chew on, rather the bone of a dog.

  1. derived from *bʰeyh₂-✻ — “to hit, strike, beat”
  2. inherited from *bainą✻ — “bone”
  3. inherited from bān — “bone, tusk; the bone of a limb”
  4. inherited from bon
  5. compounded as dogbone — “dog + bone”

Definitions

  1. A bone shaped like an elongated barbell.

  2. Any object with such a shape.

    • a dogbone wrench
    • a dogbone in addition to the lower motor mounts

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA