drop forging

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drop′ forg′ing, [Metalworking.]

1. Metallurgy a drop-forged object.

• 1880–85

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

drop′ forge′, [Metalworking.]

1. Metallurgy a device for making large forgings in which a heavy object is allowed to fall vertically upon a piece of work placed on an anvil or between dies. Also called drop hammer, drop press. 

• 1895–1900

drop-forge  (drop′fôrj′, -fōrj′), v.t., -forged, -forg•ing. [Metalworking.]

1. Metallurgy to form in a drop forge.

• 1890–95

drop′-forg′er, n. 

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drop forge noun

1. Also called: drop hammer a device for forging metal between two dies, one of which is fixed, the other acting by gravity or by steam or hydraulic pressure

verb drop-forge (transitive)

1. to forge (metal) into (a component) by the use of a drop forge