rammer
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rammer
Example Sentences
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At the Battle of Vicksburg - the real one in 1863 - the gun went off with the rammer in the bore.
From Washington Times • Feb. 26, 2017
After placing the sack in the cannon's barrel, he shoves it into position with a wooden rammer and drops one end of an electronic match into the gunpowder.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2016
She used waves, tides, and gulf streams as shovels and mixers and packers, and the water above as ‘hydraulic rammer.’
From Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay a Renaissance (2nd edition) by Williams-Ellis, Clough
When he has made the ashes smooth by pressing them with his hands, he makes the crucible slope down toward the middle; then he tamps it, as I have described, with a rammer.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
Who wants a wheel to break a butterfly upon; or, to crush a worm who calls for a pavior's rammer?
From The Advocate by Heavysege, Charles
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