Forgemaster
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A craftsman skilled in forging iron or other metals.
"An eighteenth-century Marquis de Balleroy was a forgemaster but found local wood too expensive. He exploited the discovery at Littry in 1741 of a vein of coal, and in the nineteenth century up to six hundred men were at work in thirty shafts here."
Example
More examples"An eighteenth-century Marquis de Balleroy was a forgemaster but found local wood too expensive. He exploited the discovery at Littry in 1741 of a vein of coal, and in the nineteenth century up to six hundred men were at work in thirty shafts here."
Etymology
From forge + master.
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