forehammer

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sledge or sledgehammer; the large hammer which strikes first, or before the smaller one.
    — The blacksmith I was put under was a kind good fellow and soon put me in the way of striking with the forehammer which was at first very tiring […]

词形变化

forehammers plural

词源

From Middle English forehamer, forhamer, equivalent to fore- + hammer. Compare Dutch voorhamer (“sledgehammer”), German Low German Vörhamer (“sledgehammer”), Danish forhammer (“sledgehammer”).
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