Engineers and
draftsmen use the
drawing board for making and modifying drawings on paper with ink or pencil. Different drawing instruments (
trisquare[?],
protractor[?], etc.) are used on it to draw parallel, perpendicular or oblique lines. There are instruments for drawing circles, arcs and other curves too (
compass,
french curve[?], etc).
Also known as a drafting table, or draughting table.