drop-forge

verb (used with object), drop-forged, drop-forg·ing. Metalworking.

1. to form in a drop forge.

noun Metalworking.

1. a device for making large forgings in which a heavy object is allowed to fall vertically upon a piece of work placed on an anvil or between dies.

noun

1. Also called: drop hammer a device for forging metal between two dies, one of which is fixed, the other acting by gravity or by steam or hydraulic pressure

verb drop-forge (tr)

2. to forge (metal) into (a component) by the use of a drop forge