Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In farriery, a punch employed for making or enlarging the nailholes in a horseshoe, or for temporary insertion into a nail-hole to form a means of handling the shoe.
- noun An iron share fixed to a thick staff, used for making holes in the ground.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A tool employed by blacksmiths for punching or enlarging the nail holes in a horseshoe.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A metal
punch or shapingtool with a roundshank , designed to fit in apritchel hole in ananvil
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Examples
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Forge work includes making a forepunch, pritchel, rolled toe shoe, toe clip shoe, keg shoe, and egg bar, and working aluminum.
You’re Certifiable Joel Naftali Lee 1999
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Forge work includes making a forepunch, pritchel, rolled toe shoe, toe clip shoe, keg shoe, and egg bar, and working aluminum.
You’re Certifiable Joel Naftali Lee 1999
BrainyBabe commented on the word pritchel
A tool in the farrier's armoury: "A driven tool with a tapered, rectangular shaft which is used to punch, clean out, resize, or repitch nail holes in horseshoes. When punching a new nail hole, the pritchel is used only to punch through the bottom of the hole made by the forepunch and/or creaser or fuller. The pritchel should be used when steel horseshoes are at dull red or black heat." -- New Dictionary of Farrier Terms and Technical Language, published by Dave Millwater (There's a lot more there, if anyone else is curious.)
December 28, 2008