peen

(Anglais)

Noun

The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end.

Verb

To shape metal by striking it, especially with a peen.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/piːn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à norvégien: penn

Appartenant à danois: pind

Appartenant à allemand: Pinne

In summary

Probably from a North Germanic source, compare dialectal Norwegian penn (“peen”), Danish pind (“peg”), German Pinne (“the peen of a hammer”), Old Swedish pæna (“to pound iron with a hammer”).

Synonymes

hammerhead

nib

tip

pointed end

cloven foot

hammer ram

pene

beater head

indenting hammer

Traductions

pena