tilt hammer

noun

a drop hammer used in forging, consisting of a heavy head at one end of a pivoted lever.

Origin of tilt hammer

First recorded in 1740–50

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Historical Examples of tilt hammer

Yates rose and watched him, his face pale, and his heart thumping at his side like a tilt-hammer.
Sevenoaks
J. G. Holland
The tilt-hammer weighs from six to twelve hundred pounds, and is most commonly moved by water power.
Popular Technology; Volume 2
Edward Hazen
In 1750 it placed him under a penalty of 200 for erecting a rolling-mill, tilt-hammer or steel-furnace.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science
Various
This process was formerly performed by striking the ball of iron repeatedly with a tilt-hammer.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 11, No. 22, January, 1873
Various

British Dictionary definitions for tilt hammer

tilt hammer

noun

a drop hammer consisting of a heavy head moving at the end of a pivoted arm; used in forging

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