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present participle and gerund of forge examples
countable and uncountable, plural forgings
The process of shaping by heating and hammering. quotations examples
[…] repeated forgings and workings of wrought-iron […]
1868, Francis Herbert Joynson, The Metals Used in Construction: Iron, Steel, Bessemer Metal, page 68
(countable) A component that is forged (shaped by heating and hammering). quotations examples
[…] one set of 16-inch steel gun forgings […]
1896, United States, Annual report of the Secretary of War
Fabrication has been the method used in the construction of many components that would normally be made from steel castings and forgings.
1944 July and August, “British-Built Austerity 2-10-0 Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, pages 222, 225