tilt hammer
a heavy drop hammer used in drop-forging
tilt hammer
noun
A heavy forge hammer having a pivoted lever by which it is tilted up and then allowed to drop.
tilt-hammer
Noun
(plural tilt hammers)
- A tilted hammer; a heavy hammer, used in ironworking, lifted or tilted by projections or wipers on a revolving shaft; a trip hammer.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
