Tymp
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tymp is a noun meaning A hollow water-cooled iron casting in the upper part of the archway of a blast furnace in which the dam stands.
Meaning
A hollow water-cooled iron casting in the upper part of the archway of a blast furnace in which the dam stands.
Example Sentences
About five or six inches beneath the tymp, also a little in advance of it, is placed a stone called the dam-stone, which is in the shape of a prism. It is securely fixed by means of a strong piece of iron of a peculiar shape, covering its outer side, and called the dam-plate.
Word Forms
- tymps
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include trombe, tympanum, twyer, tuyer, twier, twyere.
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