"forehammer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: forehammers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English forehamer, forhamer, equivalent to fore- + hammer. Compare Dutch voorhamer (“sledgehammer”), German Low German Vörhamer (“sledgehammer”), Danish forhammer (“sledgehammer”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|forehamer}} Middle English forehamer, {{prefix|en|fore|hammer}} fore- + hammer, {{cog|nl|voorhamer||sledgehammer}} Dutch voorhamer (“sledgehammer”), {{cog|nds-de|Vörhamer||sledgehammer}} German Low German Vörhamer (“sledgehammer”), {{cog|da|forhammer||sledgehammer}} Danish forhammer (“sledgehammer”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} forehammer (plural forehammers)
  1. A sledge or sledgehammer; the large hammer which strikes first, or before the smaller one.

Inflected forms

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