hammer pond

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hammer pond

/ˈhæm.ə(ɹ)pɒnd/ UK
/ˈhæm.ɚ pɑnd/ US

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From Middle English hamer, Old English hamor, and Middle English pond.

noun hammer ponds

historical The millpond of an iron forge, especially in the Weald. [T]hroughout the Southern Weald, from Hastings to Hind-head, every copse glared with charcoal-heaps, every glen was burrowed with iron diggings, every hammer-pond stamped and gurgled night and day, smelting and forging English iron[.]

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@misc{hammer_pond_2026,
  title = {hammer pond},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hammer%20pond},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}