Furnaceman
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Furnaceman is a noun meaning One who operates a furnace in metalworking.
Meaning
One who operates a furnace in metalworking.
Example Sentences
Cannon balls, thought to have been used at the Battle of Trafalgar, were made at Taynuilt, and the local furnacemen erected the first public memorial to Lord Nelson after his victory at Trafalgar, in October 1805.
We spent a lot of time up on the staging of the great furnaces, trying to pick up the tricks of the trade from the taciturn furnacemen who sat around placidly smoking, or chewing twist, and occasionally throwing in more pig iron to the molten white-hot metal.
Word Forms
- furnacemen
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include furnacer, melter, foundryman, coalheaver, heater, pyrometallurgist.
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