triblet
Britishnoun
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Origin of triblet
C17: from French triboulet , of unknown origin
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Triblet, trib′let, n. a tapering mandrel on which rings, nuts, &c. are forged.
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The Lord be praist, that's a thing I'm seldom triblet wi'.
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A steel triblet, therefore, is first passed into the tube, which is then drawn through a succession of holes, until the outside diameter is reduced to the required size.
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It was then placed in a furnace, and being taken out when raised to a welding heat, a triblet, or cylinder of iron, was placed in it, and the whole was passed quickly through a pair of rollers.
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A cylinder of lead, of five or six inches in diameter and about two feet long, is cast with a small hole through its axis, and an iron triblet of about fifteen feet in length is forced into the hole.
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