Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hammer having a head with one end forked for removing nails.
- noun Informal A tailcoat.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun . A hammer having one end cleft or divided into two claws, for use in drawing nails out of wood.
- noun A dress-coat; a swallow-tailed coat: so called from the shape of the tail.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any size
hammer with 2prongs protruding back from the head to allow for removing nails from wood.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a hammer with a cleft at one end for pulling nails
- noun a hammer with a cleft at one end for pulling nails
Etymologies
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claw + hammer, descriptive of the shape of the tool's head
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