"top drive" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: top drives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} top drive (plural top drives)
  1. (oil industry) A mechanical device on a drilling rig that provides clockwise torque to the drill string to drill a borehole. Categories (topical): Oil industry
    Sense id: en-top_drive-en-noun-GcCwDXPa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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