trompe

[ tromp ]

/ trɒmp /

noun

Metallurgy. a device formerly used for inducing a blast of air upon the hearth of a forge by means of a current of falling water.

Nearby words

trombonist, tromethamine, trommel, tromp, tromp, cornelis, trompe, trompe l'oeil, tromsö, tromsø, tron, trona

Origin of trompe

Borrowed into English from French around 1820–30

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Examples from the Web for trompe

Trompe, tromp, n. the apparatus by which the blast is produced in the Catalan forge.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
Mais je me trompe: le Bouddha ne prétendait jamais fonder une réligion.
Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume I (of 4)|George Grote
La poste transporte done des journaux dont le poids, si je ne me trompe, est de 900 kilogrammes.
The Development of Rates of Postage|A. D. Smith
But euer thynke yt the trompe of the last daye of Iugement soundeth in your eeres / and calleth you sayenge.
A Ryght Profytable Treatyse Compendiously Drawen Out Of Many and Dyvers Wrytynges Of Holy Men|Thomas Betson

Master of water, for he had converted the little cascade into a "trompe."
Toilers of the Sea|Victor Hugo

British Dictionary definitions for trompe

trompe

/ (trɒmp) /

noun

an apparatus for supplying the blast of air in a forge, consisting of a thin column down which water falls, drawing in air through side openings

Word Origin for trompe

C19: from French, literally: trumpet

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