forehammer

手用大锤, 先行锤

词形变化

forehammers 复数 forehammers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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 […]

词源

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

来源：wiktionary