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Triphammer

noun
1.
A massive power hammer; raised by a cam until released to fall under gravity.





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"Triphammer" Quotes from Famous Books



... at a gallop in the face of a terrific fire, were unlimbered, and were soon hurling common shell and shrapnel at the enemy at a lively rate, striking the emplacements, batteries, and entrenchments with the rhythmic regularity of a triphammer. ...
— The Boys of '98 • James Otis
... the door and started across the room in his direction. Suddenly she recognized the broad back and the familiar but very unseasonable panama hat. Panic seized her. She turned quickly, bent on making her escape. Her heart was beating like a triphammer,—she felt strangely weak in the knees. As abruptly, she checked the impulse to flee. Why should she run away, now that the moment she had wished for so ardently the night before was at hand? Chance had answered her call with amazing swiftness. She was alone with him,—she could go to him and lay ...
— West Wind Drift • George Barr McCutcheon
... beating like a triphammer and his nerves were at a fearful tension. The next five minutes would probably determine whether he was to ...
— Army Boys on the Firing Line - or, Holding Back the German Drive • Homer Randall


Words linked to "Triphammer" :   hammer, power hammer


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