ball-peen hammer

[ bawl-peen ]

noun

1. a hammer having a hemispherical peen ballpeen for beating metal.

ball-peen hammer

noun

1. a hammer that has one end of its head shaped in a hemisphere for beating metal, etc

Example Sentences

A strip of galvanized metal is placed over the depressions in the die and a ball-peen hammer used to drive the metal into the die.

From Project Gutenberg