Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mandrel used in forging tubes, nuts, and rings, and for other purposes.
- noun The mandrel in a machine for making lead pipe.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A goldsmith's tool used in making rings.
- noun A steel cylinder round which metal is drawn in the process of forming tubes.
- noun (Blacksmithing) A tapering mandrel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
tapering cylinder used inmetal crafting , usually made ofsteel , which is used toexpand ormeasure aring orhole in another piece of metal up to a desired size.
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Examples
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The Lord be praist, that's a thing I'm seldom triblet wi '.
Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864
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It is then drawn through a series of holes, until the lead is extended upon the triblet from one end to the other, and is of the proper thickness in proportion to the size of the pipe.
On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures Charles Babbage 1831
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It was then placed in a furnace, and being taken out when raised to a welding heat, a triblet, or cylinder of iron, was placed in it, and the whole was passed quickly through a pair of rollers.
On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures Charles Babbage 1831
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A steel triblet, therefore, is first passed into the tube, which is then drawn through a succession of holes, until the outside diameter is reduced to the required size.
On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures Charles Babbage 1831
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A cylinder of lead, of five or six inches in diameter and about two feet long, is cast with a small hole through its axis, and an iron triblet of about fifteen feet in length is forced into the hole.
On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures Charles Babbage 1831
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