peen

[ peen ]

noun
  1. a wedgelike, spherical, or other striking end of a hammer head opposite the face.

verb (used with object)
  1. to enlarge, straighten, or smooth with a peen.

  2. to strengthen (a metal surface) by light hammering or by bombardment with steel balls or shot.

Origin of peen

1
1505–15; earlier pen<Scandinavian; compare Swedish, Norwegian pen (noun) in same sense (perhaps <German Pinne peen). See pin

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British Dictionary definitions for peen

peen

/ (piːn) /


noun
  1. the end of a hammer head opposite the striking face, often rounded or wedge-shaped

verb
  1. (tr) to strike with the peen of a hammer or with a stream of metal shot in order to bend or shape (a sheet of metal)

Origin of peen

1
C17: variant of pane, perhaps from French panne, ultimately from Latin pinna point

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