1846 19 Dec. 587/1 Preparing Works for Filing by Chipping, Pickling, Grinding, &c.—Draw-filing and Curling.
1915 W. J. Kaup (rev. ed.) 22 As draw filing follows cross filing, only the finer files should be used.
2010 B. M. Towsley 129 With draw filing, you use a single cut file and operate it like a draw knife in woodworking.