forging

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noun

The process of shaping by heating and hammering.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of forge
nounforging (countable and uncountable, plural forgings)

plural forgings

  1. countableuncountableThe process of shaping by heating and hammering.

    […] repeated forgings and workings of wrought-iron […]

    1868, Francis Herbert Joynson, The Metals Used in Construction: Iron, Steel, Bessemer Metal, page 68
  2. countableA component that is forged (shaped by heating and hammering).

    […]one set of 16-inch steel gun forgings[…]

    1896, United States, Annual report of the Secretary of War
    1 more example

    Fabrication has been the method used in the construction of many components that would normally be made from steel castings and forgings.

    1944 July and August, “British-Built Austerity 2-10-0 Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, pages 222, 225
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