The Collaborative International Dictionary
drop forge \drop forge\ n. a device for making large forgings, in which a heavy hammer drops onto the metalwork to be forged, pressing it into a form or anvil underneath, or between dies.
Syn: drop hammer, drop press. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
WordNet
n. device for making large forgings [syn: drop hammer, drop press]
Wikipedia
- Redirect Forge#Drop forging
Usage examples of "drop forge".
Frantically Martin tried to remember what Herr McConnell had said about motors, engines, and the plans for the drop forge.
His first thought was that Milo was attacking the squadron again, and he rolled of his cot to the floor and lay underneath in a trembling, praying ball, his heart thumping like a drop forge, his body bathed in a cold sweat.
It conformed to his body like a work-piece in a drop forge, spreading sideways and upward to support him in an upright position.
Bloody thing may regenerate, or it may come down on our heads like a drop forge.