tuyère

American  

[twee-yair, too-, tweer, ty-yer] / twiˈyɛər, tu-, twɪər, tüˈyɛr /

Also tuyer

noun

Metallurgy.

tuyères plural

1. an opening through which the blast of air enters a blast furnace, cupola, forge, or the like, to facilitate combustion.

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tuyère British  

/ tyjɛr, ˈtwaɪə, ˈtwiːɛə, ˈtwaɪə /

noun

1. a water-cooled nozzle through which air is blown into a cupola, blast furnace, or forge

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• tuyères
  plural

Etymology

Origin of tuyère

1665–75; < French, derivative of tuyau pipe < Germanic

Example Sentences

In British patent 2321 Bessemer proposed to convert his steel in crucibles, arranged in a suitable furnace and each having a vertical tuyère, through which air under pressure was forced through the molten metal.

From The Beginnings of Cheap Steel by Bishop, Philip W.

Then the tuyère comes loose with a few strokes of a pull bar.

From Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker by Walker, Charles Rumford

In cases where the fire requires to be built farther out from the chimney wall than the location of the tuyère permits, it may be built out as follows:— Fig.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

I grabbed a wrench to take the nut off the "bridle"—the first step in taking out a sort of outside cooler, the tuyère.

From Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker by Walker, Charles Rumford

If the cinder begins to settle into the tuyère, your furnace is cold.

From Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker by Walker, Charles Rumford