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hammer pond

UK/ˈhæm.ə(ɹ)pɒnd/US/ˈhæm.ɚ pɑnd/

hammer pond noun: the millpond of an iron forge, especially in the Weald.

Noun

hammer pond (plural hammer ponds)

  1. (historical) The millpond of an iron forge, especially in the Weald.
    • [T]hroughout the Southern Weald, from Hastings to Hind-head, every copse glared with charcoal-heaps, every glen was burrowed with iron diggings, every hammer-pond stamped and gurgled night and day, smelting and forging English iron[.]1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 25, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 342
    • In later years the waters were converted into a hammer pond to power the furnaces and hammers of an ironworks.2009, Clive Chatters, “The Enclosed Countryside”, in Flowers of the Forest: Plants and People in the New Forest National Park, volume 52, Princeton University Press, pages 190-207

Forms of hammer pond

pluralhammer ponds

Origin of hammer pond

From Middle English hamer, Old English hamor, and Middle English pond.

Questions about hammer pond

What does hammer pond mean?
Hammer pond means the millpond of an iron forge, especially in the Weald.
What part of speech is hammer pond?
Hammer pond is a noun.
How do you pronounce hammer pond?
Hammer pond is pronounced /ˈhæm.ə(ɹ)pɒnd/ (UK).
What is the plural of hammer pond?
The plural of hammer pond is hammer ponds.

Words near hammer pond in the dictionary

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  2. hammer headlines
  3. hammer home
  4. hammer out
  5. Hammer pants
  6. hammer pond
  7. hammer price
  8. hammer prices
  9. Hammer projection
  10. Hammer projections
  11. hammer throw

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